air raid

See also: air-raid

English

Noun

air raid (plural air raids)

An attack on a surface target by aircraft.
(American football) A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.

Derived terms

Translations

attack

Chinese:
Mandarin: 空袭 (zh) (kōngxí), 轰炸 (zh) (hōngzhà)
Czech: nálet (cs) m
Danish: luftangreb
Finnish: ilmahyökkäys (fi)

French: raid aérien m
Irish: aer-ruathar m
Polish: nalot (pl) m
Russian: возду́шный налёт m (vozdúšnyj naljót), бомбёжка (ru) f (bombjóžka)

See also

air strike

Further reading

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