aerial attack

collocation in English

meaningsofaerialandattack

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aerial
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.ri.əl/us
/ˈer.i.əl/
a structure made of metal rods or wires that receives or sends out radio or ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofaerialandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mechanical columns proved both cumbersome and difficult to control, and also very vulnerable toaerialattack.
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They have, for example, no protection for their civilians fromaerialattack.
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We must take adequate measures against submarine andaerialattack, but we must also maintain our carrying capacity so far as is practicable.
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For 13 months we expected thisaerialattack.
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These ships cannot alone protect themselves effectively againstaerialattack.
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These, however, we know to be most vulnerable toaerialattack.
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Then we were asked a very important question as to the protection of merchant shipping in time of war and in case ofaerialattack.
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If at any time they had shown fright ataerialattackor had slackened in their production, no armed forces would have been successful.
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It cannot be denied that motor cars have caused more disruption, more breakdown, in urban unity than anything else this century, not excludingaerialattack.
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But even if it were possible, such defences would be useless againstaerialattackdelivered by thousands, or even hundreds, of aeroplanes.
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It needs frequently to be repeated thataerialattackalone will not solve the problem—far from it.
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I further asked about air-raid precautions and defence againstaerialattack.
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Will the sub-committee have within their purview the vulnerability of our dockyards fromaerialattack?
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With regard to the second part, defensive measures are being taken for dealing withaerialattack.
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Steps are being taken to safeguard our shore magazines fromaerialattack.
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Can we continue the threat ofaerialattackand at the same time have troops carrying out what is supposed to be a humanitarian mission?
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Already there is propaganda here and abroad designed to mitigate the severity of the blockade and of ouraerialattack.
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We lost byaerialattackin the last war only 7,900 tons of the 8,000,000 tons of shipping that were destroyed.
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There are only two ways of preventingaerialattack.
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It is the very object ofaerialattackto destroy the enemy's headquarters and so end the war.
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