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Meanings of air strike in English

Russian
авиационный удар
Catalan
atac aeri
Spanish
ataque aéreo
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Attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission.

авиационный удар

A military strike by air forces on an enemy ground position.

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Examples for "airstrike"
Examples for "airstrike"
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The Azizabad airstrike of last August was a classic case in point.
Wired
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Under the new rules, the Leathernecks couldn't just call in an airstrike.
Wired
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All flights into Sana'a were suspended for 72 hours after the airstrike.
The Guardian
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Video footage showed a six-storey building in Khalidiya flattened by an airstrike.
Reuters
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They were able to take the arms dump, following a Nato airstrike.
BBC
Usage of air strike in English
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Turkey blamed an air strike by Syrian government forces for the deaths.
Reuters
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SANCTIONS In 1981, an Israeli air strike destroyed Iraq's only nuclear reactor.
Reuters
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The United States has carried out a second air strike in Somalia.
The Irish Times
4
A surprise air strike would greatly reduce the immediate threat from Cuba.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
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Another air strike struck an empty caravan in the central Gaza Strip.
Reuters
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Trump called off the retaliatory U.S. air strike at the last minute.
Reuters
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Last week a NATO air strike in Afghanistan killed scores of civilians.
Reuters
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So the bandits raiding them had called in a little air strike.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
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There were conflicting reports on the death toll from the air strike.
Reuters
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Talk of a possible Israeli air strike on nuclear installations also alarms her.
Reuters
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Another air strike targeted a weapons storage building in northern Gaza.
Reuters
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Rebels blamed an air strike but the government denied hitting the oil plant.
Reuters
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He declined to comment on whether Israel was responsible for the air strike.
The Guardian
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It was not immediately clear who carried out the air strike.
Reuters
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The plant was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in 2007.
Reuters
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The last air strike in the Zintan area was on Friday, he said.
Reuters