AIR RAID Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

air raid

noun

Definition of air raid

as in attempt

an attack in which a place is bombed by military airplanes Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.

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Recent Examples of air raid Mary Josephine Booth was familiar with the sound of the air raid sirens by then. — April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2026 Any time an air raid alert sounded, events were suspended immediately as guests, designers, and teams took shelter. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026 The hospital said afterwards that hundreds of patients and staff were evacuated when the air raid alarm was raised indicating an incoming an strike. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 But within seconds, an air raid alert sounded, and the crowd dispersed. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air raid

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Noun

Days before the execution attempt, Lee rejected the clemency request.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Distributed by Hive Media Corp, the drama reconstructs the August 15, 1974 assassination attempt on President Park Chung-hee and stars Yu Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho as figures probing contradictions in the state’s official inquiry.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of attempt

Noun

With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
But prosecutors disputed that story, pointing to how the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office determined that Machado had defensive wounds all over her hands from the ambush in the car.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambush

Noun

The University of Arizona has suspended activities at its fraternities following persistent reports of misconduct, including assault, hazing and drug and alcohol-related behavior, a university official said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Fleming was received from Los Angeles County in 2019 to serve a 42-year sentence for second-degree robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of assault

Noun

Stanton lost track, among the acronyms’ proliferating onslaught, of the chain of hook-ups.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
Despite this online onslaught, many actors across sub-Saharan Africa are actively standing up to combat falsehoods with facts.

— the Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of onslaught

Noun

Those are good defenses, but that stat is borderline offensive.

— Mac Engel October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
Forces loyal to the UAE also appear to be taking part in the offensive, a sign of at least a partial thaw between the kingdom and the UAE.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of offensive

Noun

Zaporizhzhia death toll rises to 23 Elsewhere, search and rescue operations ended in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian bombing on Saturday, according to Ivan Fedorov, former regional head and co-chair of the regional defense council.

— Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere, search and rescue operations ended in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian bombing on Saturday, according to Ivan Fedorov, former regional head and co-chair of the regional defense council.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombing

Noun

Russia has used attacks on energy facilities in order to deny Ukrainian civilians power, heat and running water during the war, hoping to wear down public support for Ukraine's response to Moscow's full-scale invasion.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
But the pincer movement—the armed invasion from the East, and tariffs from the West—is leaving steelmaking in Ukraine in a perilous position.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

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