air raid

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron⟳ Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound⟳ of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get⟳ airborne / Got to get⟳ up for the coming attack.”

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