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air strike

NOUN
air campaign
Synonyms
WEAK
air attack air raid bombing surgical air strike
NOUN
air raid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
air attack bombing run
WEAK
air assault air campaign bombing mission bombing raid fire raid saturation raid shuttle raid strafing
NOUN
bombing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
air attack air raid shelling
WEAK
air assault air campaign bombing run

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Iran confirmed on Monday that Revolutionary Guards commander Alireza Tangsiri had been killed, days after Israel said it targeted him in an air strike.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It also comes after Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, broke his silence for the first time as the country’s supreme leader since succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in an air strike.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

An air strike hit a hotel in Hazmieh near Beirut on Wednesday, the first reported Israeli attack on the predominantly Christian area in Beirut's suburbs, near the presidential palace and several embassies.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Calling the strike "a successful hit" that penetrated the Russian air defence system, Ukraine's general staff of the armed forces said they were still assessing the outcome of the "massive combined missile and air strike".

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

But that would give the Soviets time to fire whatever missiles the air strike had missed.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin