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air strike en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. An attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.
   • Iran's known nuclear facilities that earned the country nearly two decades of US and international sanctions, with an estimated cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, are now damaged from the air strikes, although the full extent of this has been hard to assess. 2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:

Forms

Translations (45)

uk уда́р з пові́тря (attack by aircraft) · be авіяналёт (attack by aircraft) · fa حملهٔ هوایی (attack by aircraft) · he תקיפה אווירית (attack by aircraft) · ro lovitură aeriană (attack by aircraft) · az hava zərbəsi (attack by aircraft) · uk авіаці́йний уда́р (attack by aircraft) · cs letecký úder (attack by aircraft) · hu légicsapás (attack by aircraft) · ru возду́шный уда́р (attack by aircraft) · hy օդային հարված (attack by aircraft) · ga aer-ruathar (attack by aircraft) · pl atak powietrzny (attack by aircraft) · ja 空襲 (attack by aircraft) · de Luftschlag (attack by aircraft) · nb luftangrep (attack by aircraft) · be авіяўда́р (attack by aircraft) · uk авіауда́р (attack by aircraft) · ru авиауда́р (attack by aircraft) · fi ilmaisku (attack by aircraft) · be уда́р з паве́тра (attack by aircraft) · ka საჰაერო თავდასხმა (attack by aircraft) · nl luchtaanval (attack by aircraft) · it attacco aereo (attack by aircraft) · sv flyganfall (attack by aircraft) · cmn 空襲 /空袭 (attack by aircraft) · de Luftangriff (attack by aircraft) · ru авианалёт (attack by aircraft) · ka საჰაერო იერიში (attack by aircraft) · el αεροπορική επίθεση (attack by aircraft) · ru уда́р с во́здуха (attack by aircraft) · tr hava darbesi (attack by aircraft) · id serangan udara (attack by aircraft) · km ការវាយប្រហារតាមអាកាស (attack by aircraft) · pt ataque aéreo (attack by aircraft) · uk авіаналі́т (attack by aircraft) · hy օդային հարձակում (attack by aircraft) · ms serangan udara (attack by aircraft) · sv flygangrepp (attack by aircraft) · sv luftangrepp (attack by aircraft) · vi không kích (attack by aircraft) · fi ilmahyökkäys (attack by aircraft) · da luftangreb (attack by aircraft) · ko 공습 (attack by aircraft) · fr attaque aérienne (attack by aircraft)