air raids

noun

plural of air raid
as in attempts
an attack in which a place is bombed by military airplanes Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.

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Recent Examples of air raids Almost constant air raids in Kyiv have now reached their third day, choking the economy in the Ukrainian capital and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Moore’s wartime Shelter Drawings depict families sheltering in the London Underground during air raids, while foreshadowing the abstract, organic forms of his later sculpture. — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 The underground world of caves is remarkably diverse, serving various purposes such as storage, industrial work, living quarters, burial sites, tanneries, and shelters during air raids. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026 The boat sails from Genoa in complete darkness, a precaution against air raids. — Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 The location served as a resource for residents during World War II, sharing information about air raids, bomb shelters and civilian and military defense jobs. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Beyond the capital, CNN staff in northern Iran also reported major nighttime air raids. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026 The family originally lived in Liverpool, but she was born in Blackpool, about 50 miles away, after Lillian was sent there while pregnant due to the risk of air raids in World War II. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025 Midnight curfews, daily air raids and wounded veterans on the runway put the reality of war front and centre. — Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for air raids
  1. attempts
  2. ambushes
  3. assaults
  4. onslaughts
  5. bombings
Noun
  • Then the botched attempts to lethally inject her became the dominant story.
    — Michael Ruiz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The trio of Eller with Brady Tkachuk and Sam Reinhard on his wings held its own with a 6-5 edge over the Sharks in shot attempts and 3-2 edge in shots on goal over about six minutes of ice time at five-on-five.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of attempts
Noun
  • With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Social Media Capture The underlying tactic is not new, with both Russian and Ukrainian forces having previously used armed FPV drones to conduct roadside ambushes.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of ambushes
Noun
  • Over the same period, CATS reported 10 assaults, or less than four per every 10 million passenger trips, on the light rail, data CATS submitted to the federal government shows.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Moscow and Kyiv have intensified their aerial assaults as progress along the 750-mile front line has largely ground to a halt.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of assaults
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  • In fact, reported evidence suggests this software commitment (from a company making its revenue from hardware) has been crucial to Nvidia’s success in fending off onslaughts from other hardware vendors such as Intel.
    — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine has been largely helpless in similar Russian onslaughts in recent weeks.
    — Tom Bowman, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of onslaughts
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  • Leading the effort is the ATF National Response Team, a specialized rapid-response force that responds to the nation’s highest-profile bombings, explosions and arson, including the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Definition of bombings

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“Air raids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20raids. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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