air strike

Noun

Meaning

air strike (plural air strikes)

(military) An attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

bombardment shelling bombing air raid bombing run attack aircraft bunker buster airstrike

Examples

Let the air strike our tune, Whilst we show reverence to yond peeping moon. Thomas Middleton

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam. James Stockdale

Although it was not known at the time of the air strike, 31 other POWs from the same SAS unit, and an American airman who had joined up with the SAS unit, had also been executed. Source: Internet

General's killing thwarted an Iranian attack: U.S. The United States has assassinated Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the spearhead of Iran's spreading military influence in the Middle East, in an air strike at Baghdad's international airport. Source: Internet

A further eight militants were reported killed in an air strike near Jaar on 17 December 2011. Source: Internet

Aftermath of an air strike on Idlib in September 2018. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

air stove air stream air streams air strip air supercharger air superiority