air strike
air strike noun: an attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.
Noun
air strike (plural air strikes)
- An attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.
- Iran's known nuclear facilities that earned the country nearly two decades of US and international sanctions, with an estimated cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, are now damaged from the air strikes, although the full extent of this has been hard to assess.2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC
air strike meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malay and Indonesian
air strike in Tamil
- வான்வழித்தாக்குதல்
air strike in Urdu
- فضائی حملہ, ہوائی حملہ
air strike in Malay
- attack by aircraft
- serangan udara
air strike in Indonesian
- attack by aircraft
- serangan udara
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- air strike in Persian
- حملهٔ هوایی hamle-ye havâyi
- air strike in Vietnamese
- không kích
Forms of air strike
| plural | air strikes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | airstrike |
Questions about air strike
- What does air strike mean?
- Air strike means an attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.
- What is air strike in Tamil?
- Air strike in Tamil is வான்வழித்தாக்குதல். See Air strike meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is air strike?
- Air strike is a noun.
- What is the plural of air strike?
- The plural of air strike is air strikes.
Words near air strike in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: air strike (page history and authors); air strike (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); air strike (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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