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air raid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. An attack on a surface target by aircraft.
   • 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. 1946 November and December, “The Why and The Wherefore: Destruction of Locomotive No. 4469, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 391:
   • 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. 1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, pages 629–630:
   • 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.
2. A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.

Forms

Deriveds

air-raid shelter · air raiding · air raid siren · air-raid tea

Relateds

air strike

Translations (32)

be паве́траны налёт (attack) · ga aer-ruathar (attack) · cs nálet (attack) · nn luftangrep (attack) · pl nalot (attack) · ru авиауда́р (attack) · pl atak powietrzny (attack) · da luftangreb (attack) · uk авіаналі́т (attack) · fi ilmahyökkäys (attack) · ru авианалёт (attack) · ja 空襲 (attack) · uk авіауда́р (attack) · ru бомбёжка (attack) · cmn 轰炸 (attack) · be авіяналёт (attack) · nb luftangrep (attack) · uk пові́тряний налі́т (attack) · be авіяўда́р (attack) · cmn 空袭 (attack) · de Luftschlag (attack) · it incursione aerea (attack) · fr raid aérien (attack) · ro raid aerian (attack) · tr hava saldırısı (attack) · el αεροπορική επιδρομή (attack) · nl luchtaanval (attack) · de Luftangriff (attack) · ru возду́шный налёт (attack) · ko 공습 (attack) · hu légitámadás (attack) · sv luftangrepp (attack)