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air raid Definition

air raid

noun

an attack by aircraft, esp. bombers, against a surface target, as a city

air raid Usage Examples

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.