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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

Masoud Pezeshkian said the "cowardly assassination" had left Iran "in deep mourning", after Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Khatib in an air strike.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

In September, an Israeli air strike unsuccessfully targeted the exiled Hamas leadership as it met in Qatar, a regional mediator, to discuss a new ceasefire proposal presented by the US.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

While Johnson leaned over the table to look, McNamara pointed out potential targets for an American air strike, mainly North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases along the coast.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin