air attack

collocation in English

meaningsofairandattack

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air
noun
uk
/eər/us
/er/
the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and that ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofairandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Suchairattackis said to be pressed home at levels determined by military considerations only.
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He said, in other words, that we must make ourselves impregnable fromairattack.
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They include a massive loss of life and possibly anairattackon oil installations.
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Furthermore, it is not only a question of armaments and equipping ships to protect themselves against under-water andairattack.
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Let us take the case of an unexpectedairattack.
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And if attempted what a target forairattack!
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Has a beginning been made with their actual construction in areas considered most vulnerable toairattack?
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These concentrations are under very heavyairattack.
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Think of the fleet we have scattered all over the world with only nine fighting machines to deal with hostileairattack.
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No other country is more exposed than we are toairattack.
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We know, and we are told, that the best way to meetairattackis to meet it in the air.
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Secondly, a settlement that did not provide early warning againstairattack.
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I believe that the hideous potential of the strategicairattackhas changed that.
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Under mercilessairattackwhich had destroyed our possibilities of landing any of our heavy paraphernalia, these two small forces were withdrawn.
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We are obviously not going to win this war only by blockade, byairattackor by invasion.
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Full use is being made of these powers in those parts of the country which can be regarded as relatively safe fromairattack.
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It is now generally accepted that the main object of anairattackis to cause panic and to demoralise the civilian population.
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That would mean that they would be in exposed positions during anairattack.
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But no experience gained in any theatre of war makes one believe thatairattackby itself can terrify a nation into submission.
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In addition to being fitted with every known antisubmarine device, ships have now to be very heavily armed againstairattack.
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