air strike
noun
: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.
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One air strike reduced an Ottoman-era building across from the Palmyra to rubble, covering the first floor of the hotel in debris and blowing out the three windows overlooking the balcony.
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Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
During his first term in office, in 2020, Trump ordered a U.S. air strike that killed Iran's top military commander, Qassem Soleimani.
—Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The air strike that follows might kill everyone in the target's family, if not everyone in the apartment building.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Video from the western part of the city showed multiple casualties after an air strike Saturday.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
During his first term in office, in 2020, Trump ordered a U.S. air strike that killed Iran's top military commander, Qassem Soleimani.
—Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The air strike that follows might kill everyone in the target's family, if not everyone in the apartment building.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Video from the western part of the city showed multiple casualties after an air strike Saturday.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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