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Airstrike meaning
Alternative form of air strike.
Using Airstrike
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of air strike.
- In the example corpus, airstrike often appears in combinations such as: israeli airstrike, airstrike on, airstrike in.
Context around Airstrike
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Airstrike
- In this selection, "airstrike" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, israeli, government, minute, hit, waged and though stand out and add context to how "airstrike" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an israeli airstrike and 30 minute airstrike on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "airstrike" sits close to words such as agitation, alec and bluff, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with airstrike
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. (7 words)
Ground forces directed an airstrike on the compound, neutralizing the individuals. (11 words)
Hamas claimed that she had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. (11 words)
A Caritas Jerusalem worker named Viola, 26, pictured in an undated photo, was killed alongside her husband and their infant daughter in an airstrike on the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza, said an Oct. 20, 2023, statement from Caritas Jerusalem. (41 words)
An airstrike hit a residential building some 200 yards from the U.N. headquarters in Rafah on Monday, killing and wounding several people, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene, underscoring the perils of humanitarian operations. (38 words)
In Saada province, the warplane launched two raids on Dhaher district, another one hit the court building, also an airstrike on civilian's house in Baqem district, and an airstrike waged on Sawh area of Kutaf district. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
In Saada province, the warplane launched two raids on Dhaher district, another one hit the court building, also an airstrike on civilian's house in Baqem district, and an airstrike waged on Sawh area of Kutaf district.
A Caritas Jerusalem worker named Viola, 26, pictured in an undated photo, was killed alongside her husband and their infant daughter in an airstrike on the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza, said an Oct. 20, 2023, statement from Caritas Jerusalem.
An airstrike hit a residential building some 200 yards from the U.N. headquarters in Rafah on Monday, killing and wounding several people, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene, underscoring the perils of humanitarian operations.
Another airstrike hit a house near a school at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
As of the time of filing this report, the source of the helicopter that carried out the airstrike is still unknown.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Wednesday said it was aware of reports that an Australian had been killed in an airstrike in Lebanon and was seeking confirmation.
A view of the ruins of Nabhan's family home, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 14, 2023.
Ground forces directed an airstrike on the compound, neutralizing the individuals.
Hamas claimed that she had been killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Hours later, Israel responded with an airstrike in Gaza on what it stated have been weapons manufacturing and storage websites belonging to the Islamic militant group Hamas.
However, the airstrike was actually ordered by a member of the villainous organization, Cobra.
In April that year, an Afghan government airstrike on a madrassa killed over 30 children and wounded 50 more.
It was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike.
Junta forces retaliated by launching a 30-minute airstrike on the village and resistance groups, using MI 35 helicopter gunships.
Later that day, her grandmother called to tell her that an Israeli airstrike had killed her relative, orphaning her three children—the same three children she had seen in a video online.
Neither Syria nor Russia commented on the airstrike, though Damascus says strikes in the northwest province target armed insurgent groups.
Palestinians comfort a crying man on the rubble of a destroyed building following an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Nov. 4, 2023.
Palestinians watch others looking for injured in the rubble of a destroyed residential building following an Israeli airstrike, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.
People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on Dec. 23, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on December 11, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
Common combinations with airstrike
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- israeli airstrike 68×
- airstrike on 52×
- airstrike in 45×
- an airstrike 43×
- the airstrike 31×
- airstrike killed 11×
- airstrike that 9×
- in airstrike 9×
- us airstrike 9×
- airstrike hit 6×