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air raids

air raids is the plural of air raid.

Meaning of 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
  2. A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.

Questions about air raids

What is air raids the plural of?
Air raids is the plural of air raid.

Words near air raids in the dictionary

  1. air raid siren
  2. air raid sirens
  3. air raid warden
  4. air raid wardens
  5. air raiding
  6. air raids
  7. air rank
  8. air ranks
  9. air refresher
  10. air refreshers
  11. air reservoir

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