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{{also|air-raid}}
==English==

===Noun===
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# An [[attack]] on a [[surface]] [[target]] by [[aircraft]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1940|month=December|title=Railways and the War&mdash;III|journal=Railway Magazine|pages=629–630|text='''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.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1946|month=November and December|title=The Why and The Wherefore: Destruction of Locomotive No. 4469, L.N.E.R.|journal=Railway Magazine|page=391|text=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''.
#*: {{quote|en|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.}}
# {{lb|en|American football}} A [[passing]]-heavy offensive scheme based on a [[shotgun]] formation with four [[wide receiver]]s and a single [[running back]].

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|air raiding}}
* {{l|en|air-raid shelter}}
* {{l|en|air raid siren}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|attack}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|паве́траны налёт|m}}, {{t|be|авіяналёт|m}}, {{t|be|авіяўда́р|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|空袭|tr=kōngxí}}, {{t+|cmn|轰炸|tr=hōngzhà}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|nálet|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|luftangreb|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|luchtaanval|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Estonian: {{t-needed|et}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilmahyökkäys}}
* French: {{t|fr|raid aérien|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Luftangriff|m}}, {{t+|de|Luftschlag|m}}
* Greek: {{t|el|[[αεροπορικός|αεροπορική]] [[επιδρομή]]|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|légitámadás}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|aer-ruathar|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|incursione aerea|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|空襲|tr=うしゅう, kūshū}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|공습(空襲)}}
* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
* Lithuanian: {{t-needed|lt}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|luftangrep|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|luftangrep|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nalot|m}}, {{t|pl|atak powietrzny|m}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|raid aerian|n}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|возду́шный налёт|m}}, {{t+|ru|авианалёт|m}}, {{t+|ru|бомбёжка|f}}, {{t+|ru|авиауда́р|m}}
* Slovak: {{t-needed|sk}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|luftangrepp|n}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|hava saldırısı}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|пові́тряний налі́т|m}}, {{t|uk|авіауда́р|m}}, {{t|uk|авіаналі́т|m}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|air strike}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:OneLook}}