Meanings
nounair strike (plural air strikes)
plural air strikes · alternative airstrike
- governmentAn attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.
Iran's known nuclear facilities that earned the country nearly two decades of US and international sanctions, with an estimated cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, are now damaged from the air strikes, although the full extent of this has been hard to assess.
2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 空襲 /空袭
- 空襲 /空袭 (kōngxí)attack by aircraft
Czech letecký úder
- letecký úderattack by aircraft
Danish luftangreb
- luftangrebattack by aircraft
Dutch luchtaanval
- luchtaanvalattack by aircraft
Finnish ilmaisku, ilmahyökkäys
- ilmaiskuattack by aircraft
- ilmahyökkäysattack by aircraft
French attaque aérienne
- attaque aérienneattack by aircraft
German Luftangriff, Luftschlag
- Luftangriffattack by aircraft
- Luftschlagattack by aircraft
Greek αεροπορική επίθεση
- αεροπορική επίθεση (aeroporikí epíthesi)attack by aircraft
Hebrew תקיפה אווירית
- תקיפה אווירית (t'qifá avirít)attack by aircraft
Hungarian légicsapás
- légicsapásattack by aircraft
Indonesian serangan udara
- serangan udaraattack by aircraft
Irish aer-ruathar
- aer-ruatharattack by aircraft
Italian attacco aereo
- attacco aereoattack by aircraft
Japanese 空襲
- 空襲 (kūshū)attack by aircraft
Korean 공습
- 공습 (gongseup)attack by aircraft
Malay serangan udara
- serangan udaraattack by aircraft
Norwegian Bokmål luftangrep
- luftangrepattack by aircraft
Persian حملهٔ هوایی
- حملهٔ هوایی (hamle-ye havâyi)attack by aircraft
Polish atak powietrzny
- atak powietrznyattack by aircraft
Portuguese ataque aéreo
- ataque aéreoattack by aircraft
Romanian lovitură aeriană
- lovitură aerianăattack by aircraft
Russian уда́р с во́здуха, возду́шный уда́р
- уда́р с во́здуха (udár s vózduxa)attack by aircraft
- возду́шный уда́р (vozdúšnyj udár)attack by aircraft
- авиауда́р (aviaudár)attack by aircraft
- авианалёт (avianaljót)attack by aircraft
Swedish flygangrepp, luftangrepp
- flygangreppattack by aircraft
- luftangreppattack by aircraft
- flyganfallattack by aircraft
Turkish hava darbesi
- hava darbesiattack by aircraft
Ukrainian авіаці́йний уда́р, авіауда́р
- авіаці́йний уда́р (aviacíjnyj udár)attack by aircraft
- авіауда́р (aviaudár)attack by aircraft
- уда́р з пові́тря (udár z povítrja)attack by aircraft
- авіаналі́т (avianalít)attack by aircraft
Vietnamese không kích
- không kíchattack by aircraft
Cite this entry
APA
air strike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20strike
MLA
“air strike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20strike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “air strike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20strike.
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