air raid

Preposition: on

• city: The following night, 7 September, there was a heavy air raid on the city.

Converse of subject

• hit: On November 24th 1940 the Temple Church was hit by an air raid and the church was partially destroyed.
• destroy: The present sculpture is modern, as the abbey was destroyed by air raids in the Second World War, but since rebuilt.

Adjective modifier

• German: There were three German air raids on the Hartlepools during the First World War.
• heavy: The following night, 7 September, there was a heavy air raid on the city.
• first: The first big air raid was carried by the Germans on Coventry on the Thursday night - Good Friday morning 1940.
• big: The first big air raid was carried by the Germans on Coventry on the Thursday night - Good Friday morning 1940.
• last: This was the last heavy air raid on Britain after eight months of bombing.

Converse of object

• suffer: On September 1, 1939, as the war broke out, Warsaw suffered the first German air raids on a major city.

Modifies a noun

• shelter: There were a lot of air raid shelters around the village.
• siren: Perhaps it was thought they might be confused with air raid sirens?
• warden: The air raid warden is patrolling the platform - you can see him with his band.
• warning: Return to the top of the page Jul 1939 Government issues advice on air raid warnings The Government issued advice about air raid warnings.
• precaution: Open This page from an air raid precaution book had instruction for building an Anderson Shelter.
• casualty: All these people had been killed in action, or in the case of the civilians listed, were usually air raid casualties.

Noun used with modifier

• enemy: Anderson shelters were small bomb shelters designed to protect families from enemy air raids.
• brick: In the playground was a brick air raid shelter and we would stand near it plane spotting.