air raid
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word air raid. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word air raid, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say air raid in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word air raid you have here. The definition of the word air raid will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofair raid, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: air-raid
English
Noun
- An attack on a surface target by aircraft.
- 1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, pages 629–630:
- Air raids on London, which first began on an intensive scale on September 7, occasioned a certain amount of disorganisation to transport services of all kinds.
- 1946 November and December, “The Why and The Wherefore: Destruction of Locomotive No. 4469, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 391:
- The L.N.E.R. locomotive damaged beyond repair in the air raid on York, on April 29, 1942, was No. 4469, Sir Ralph Wedgewood, a class "A 4" Pacific.
- 1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave.
- There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.
- (American football) A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.
Derived terms
Translations
attack
|
See also
Further reading
- “air raid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.