air raid
Example Sentences
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We heard the first explosions in Kyiv soon after midnight and the air raid lasted more than seven hours.
From BBC
Windows are draped in black, signs point the way to air raid shelters, and the few people dotting the street clutch gas masks and steel helmets.
From Literature
He said repair work was complicated by the freezing weather conditions and constant air raid sirens that force energy engineers to shelter to avoid attacks.
From Barron's
AFP journalists in the capital heard air raid sirens and explosions as Ukrainian air defence systems responded to the drones and missiles.
From Barron's
Investors missed that the Nazis would overrun continental Europe and destroy much of British industry in air raids, and that the U.K. would lose its empire.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
