air raiding
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
- (warfare) The practice of bombing ground targets during air raids.
- 1942 July-August, “The Stanmore Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 204:
- During the long nights of air raiding in the winter of 1940-41, the branch line train continued to maintain its service, entering and leaving Stanmore Station quite unperturbed, and establishing thereby a new bond of friendship with local residents.