Airstrike

Definition of the noun Airstrike

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noun - plural: airstrikes

1. A particular military strategy that utilizes air-based munitions to attack a target.

Music

"Airstrike" is a musical EP of Daniel Avery.

• released on 2 March 2012

Game

"Airstrike" is a video game.

• genre: Action game

Miscellanea

Airstrike: An airstrike or air strike is an attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission. Air strikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, and attack helicopters. The official definition includes all sorts of targets, including enemy air targets, but in popular use the term is usually narrowed to a tactical attack on a ground or naval objective. Weapons used in an airstrike can range from machine gun bullets and missiles to various types of bombs. It is also commonly referred to as an air raid.

• also known as 空袭

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Black Gold, Black Swans: The importance of the unexpected for the future of energy (2013)

by Ullrich Müller

Because such an airstrike is a currently discussed possibility, no foreign policy maker would completely rule it out. Consequently, Taleb argues that not even the financial crisis from 2007 should count as a 'Black Swan', since many of its ...

Video Game Bible, 1985-2002 (2002)

by Andy Slaven

AeroWings 2: Airstrike Crave 7 AeroWings 2: Airstrike is a nice update to its predecessor. Graphics are great, and all of the usual extreme details are in place, for all of the flight sim fans out there. One important thing to note is that AeroWings 2 ...

Historical Dictionary of Libya (2014)

by Ronald Bruce St John

The February 17 Revolution that overthrew the Qaddafi regime empowered women in new and very different ways, from smuggling arms to treating wounded fighters to identifying airstrike targets, propelling them into roles that traditional ...

The Word Rhythm Dictionary (2014)

A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists by Timothy Polashek

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Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalism (2012)

by Mathieu Guidère

airstrike in Baqouba. 12 July: Hizbullah ignites the Israeli- Lebanese ...

Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America (2011)

by Martin J. Manning, Clarence R. Wyatt

On January 17, 1991, following the expiration of a UN ultimatum to withdraw from Iraq, coalition forces, led by the United States, launched a massive airstrike against Iraqi forces and key installations in the city of Baghdad, as Operation ...

First Amendment Rights: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] (2012)

An Encyclopedia by Nancy S. Lind, Erik T. Rankin

airstrike in Baghdad, in which a number of Iraqi journalists (among others) were killed. The „ Collateral Murder‰ video·as it was labeled by WikiLeaks·depicted an Apache ...

Urban Dictionary (2012)

Freshest Street Slang Defined by Aaron Peckham

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Palgrave Dictionary of Public Order Policing, Protest and Political Violence (2014)

by P. Joyce, N. Wain

froman airstrike in July2007 inBaghdad in which Iraqijournalists were among thosekilled by an American ...

Dictionary of Terrorism (2010)

by David Wright-Neville

Namangani was reportedly killed in a US airstrike in ...

Historical Dictionary of Nigeria (2009)

by Toyin Falola, Ann Genova

The name given to an airstrike mission on federal forces led by Count Carl Gustaf Von Rosen on behalf of the secessionist Republic of Biafra in May 1969 during the civil war. OPERATION FEED THE NATION. A hunger eradication program ...

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Scrabble value of A₁I₁R₁S₁T₁R₁I₁K₅E₁

The value of this 9-letter word is 13 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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