air raid

Noun

Meaning

an attack by armed planes on a surface target

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air-raid

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A differing account stated that Freisler "was killed by a bomb fragment while trying to escape from his law court to the air-raid shelter", and he "bled to death on the pavement outside the People's Court at Bellevuestrasse 15 in Berlin." Source: Internet

A few days ago, during an air raid by the United States, Qassem Soleimani the head of Iran’s elite Quds force was targeted. Source: Internet

After several unproductive days of meeting with European and Arab nations, and influenced by an American serviceman's death, Ronald Reagan, on the 14th of April, ordered an air raid on Libya. Source: Internet

After she recovered, Ducheneau joined the Women’s Auxiliary Police Department, where she oversaw air raid drills and was instrumental in forming the crossing guard program in Lawrence. Source: Internet

Beginning in the early 20th century, perhaps with Ionisation by Edgard Varèse which used air-raid sirens (among other things), composers began to require percussionists to invent or "find" objects to produce the desired sounds and textures. Source: Internet

Belgium Belgium tests its air-raid sirens every first Thursday of the trimester. Source: Internet

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