air raid
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.16 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.
Example Sentences
- "Air raids on London, which first began on an intensive scale on September 7, occasioned a certain amount of disorganisation to transport services of all kinds."
- "The L.N.E.R. locomotive damaged beyond repair in the air raid on York, on April 29, 1942, was No. 4469, Sir Ralph Wedgewood, a class "A 4" Pacific."
- "1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack."