air raid

Noun

air raid (plural air raids)

1. An attack on a surface target by aircraft.
   • 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.1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, pages 629–630
   • The L.N.E.R. locomotive damaged beyond repair in the air raid on York, on April 29, 1942, was No. 4469, Sir Ralph Wedgewood, a class "A 4" Pacific.1946 November and December, “The Why and The Wherefore: Destruction of Locomotive No. 4469, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 391
2. A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.