"air-raid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air-raids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air-raid (plural air-raids)
  1. (often attributive) Alternative form of air raid Tags: alt-of, alternative, attributive, often Alternative form of: air raid
    Sense id: en-air-raid-en-noun-07S8iDoZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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