air raid
(redirected from Air-raid)Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to Air-raid: air-raid shelter, air-raid warden
- noun
Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
References in periodicals archive
?
"So many people bought a small table top tree, like this one, with simple decorations that could be easily moved into an air-raid shelter if necessary."
Nobody put them up until war was declared and then there was a panic as the air-raid sirens started up really quickly.
He added the incident would be probed to know who were killed in the air-raid. However, NATO soldiers based in Helmand, the hotbed of Taliban insurgents, remained tight lipped regarding the claims of local people.
Students were fascinated when he explained how when the air-raid sirens started, everyone would have grabbed their gas masks and headed to the shelter until the next siren was sounded to give the all-clear.
To improve production of guns, we were instructed to remain at our jobs, even if the public air-raid siren had sounded outside the factory.
A Birmingham couple revisit their home after a wartime air-raid
There were also blackout drills that forced people to practice their response to the air-raid alarm signal--a series of intermittent siren blasts.
Thesaurus browser
?
- ▲
- airing
- airing cupboard
- air-intake
- airless
- airlift
- airlike
- airline
- airline business
- airliner
- airlock
- airmail
- airmail letter
- airmailer
- airman
- airmanship
- airplane
- airplane landing
- airplane maneuver
- airplane mechanics
- airplane pilot
- airplane propeller
- airplane ticket
- airport
- airport terminal
- airpost
- Air-raid
- air-raid shelter
- airs
- airscrew
- airship
- air-ship
- airsick
- airsickness
- air-slake
- air-sleeve
- airspace
- airspeed
- airstream
- airstrip
- airt
- airtight
- air-tight
- air-to-air
- air-to-air missile
- air-to-ground
- air-to-ground missile
- air-to-surface
- air-to-surface missile
- airwave
- airway
- airwoman
- ▼
Full browser
?
- ▲
- air-plot wind velocity
- Air-pollution
- Air-pollution
- Air-pollution
- Air-pollution
- Air-pollution
- air-pollution control
- Air-Pollution Measures
- air-position indicator
- air-potato
- air-potato
- air-powder polisher
- air-powder polishing
- air-powered abrasive
- air-pressure drop
- Air-propelled train
- air-puff tonometer
- air-puff tonometer
- air-puff tonometer
- air-puff tonometer
- air-pump
- air-pump
- air-pump
- air-pump
- air-pump
- Air-Purifying Escape Respirator
- air-purifying respirator
- air-purifying respirator
- air-purifying respirator
- air-purifying respirator
- Air-raid
- air-raid shelter
- air-raid shelter
- Air-raid shelters
- Air-raid shelters
- Air-Raid Siren
- air-raid warden
- air-release valve
- air-release valve
- Air-rights
- Air-rights
- air-ring
- air-route surveillance radar
- air-route traffic control
- air-route traffic control center
- Air-sampling Smoke Detector
- air-sea
- Air-Sea Battle
- Air-Sea Interaction
- Air-Sea Interaction Drifting
- Air-Sea Interaction Profiler
- Air-sea rescue
- Air-sea rescue
- Air-sea rescue
- air-sea rescues
- Air-Sea Temperature Difference
- air-seasoned
- air-seasoned lumber
- air-sensitive crystal
- air-set
- air-setting mortar
- ▼