air raid

See also: air-raid

English

air raid (plural air raids)

An attack on a surface target by aircraft.
- 1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, pages 629-630:
  Air raids on London, which first began on an intensive scale on September 7, occasioned a certain amount of disorganisation to transport services of all kinds.
- 1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave.
  There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.
(American football) A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.

attack

Belarusian: паве́траны налёт m (pavjétrany naljót), авіяналёт m (avijanaljót), авіяўда́р m (avijaŭdár)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 空袭 (zh) (kōngxí), 轰炸 (zh) (hōngzhà)
Czech: nálet (cs) m
Danish: luftangreb n
Dutch: luchtaanval (nl) m
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Finnish: ilmahyökkäys (fi)
French: raid aérien m
German: Luftangriff (de) m, Luftschlag (de) m
Hungarian: légitámadás (hu)
Irish: aer-ruathar m
Italian: incursione aerea f
Japanese: 空襲 (ja) (うしゅう, kūshū)
Korean: 공습(空襲) (ko) (gongseup)
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: luftangrep n
Nynorsk: luftangrep n
Polish: nalot (pl) m, atak powietrzny m
Romanian: raid aerian n
Russian: возду́шный налёт m (vozdúšnyj naljót), авианалёт (ru) m (avianaljót), бомбёжка (ru) f (bombjóžka), авиауда́р (ru) m (aviaudár)
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Swedish: luftangrepp n
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Turkish: hava saldırısı
Ukrainian: пові́тряний налі́т m (povítrjanyj nalít), авіауда́р m (aviaudár), авіаналі́т m (avianalít)