airstrike

(redirected from Aerial bombing)

air·strike

or air strike  (âr′strīk′)
n.
An air attack on a ground or naval target.
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airstrike

n
(Military) a military attack involving aircraft
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Translations

airstrike

[ˈɛəˌstraɪk] nattacco aereo
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Following the attack, Pakistan and India carried out aerial bombing missions on each other's soil and their warplanes also fought a dogfight over Kashmir.
Following the attack, both countries carried out aerial bombing missions on each other's soil and their warplanes also fought a dogfight over Kashmir.
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After visiting the hard-hit Dunrobin area, in the city's west, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson likened it to an aerial bombing, adding that Friday's tornado was among "the top two or three traumatic events that have affected our city" in history.
The army has not commented on its troop build-up in Deraa or the escalating aerial bombing. State media has long branded the rebels as foreign-backed "terrorists".
PARIS, April 28 (KUNA) -- France on Friday condemned aerial bombing operations against medical facilities and improvised hospitals in Idlib province, which is largely under the control of opponents to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
The source, according to the website of the popular mobilization, said, "The media machine of Daesh in Mosul announced the death of Shehata al-Masri one of the top filmmakers of the organization's propaganda in an aerial bombing on a main road near Baaj, west of Mosul with two of his aides." He added, "al-Masri was not known before, but believed to be an important figure was working in secret, in the media machine of Daesh" ./ End
Russia has been waging an aerial bombing campaign in Syria for the past year in support of the Syrian government, part of the multi-front war that has claimed some 300,000 lives and has seen Moscow further estranged from the West.
The heartbreaking photo of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh covered in dust with blood oozing out of his head after his home came under attack in an aerial bombing by the Syrian government forces has once again shaken the world.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that Syria peace talks have been undermined by a sudden increase in aerial bombing and military activity in the country as he urged a return to the negotiating table.