"raid" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He slewed the Tomcat violently back toward the incoming raid and grabbed for altitude.
- The first line of defence against the Luftwaffe was detecting incoming raids.
- London police were warned of an incoming raid around 23:00; a few minutes later small incendiaries began to fall.
- Another was the Allied advance across western Europe which deprived the Germans of their early warning systems for detecting incoming raids.
- When other units detect an incoming raid, the unit (usually a cruiser) can go active as the raid moves into their engagement envelope.
- The detection and interception of incoming raids was as follows:
- Its continued warnings of incoming raids were a crucial benefit to Fighter Command.
- Putting the group's fighters on station to intercept the incoming raid depended on expert prognostication of its direction and speed.
- The first incoming raid appeared on the radar screens at about 1345, still 32 miles from the ships.
- The next day 92 intercepted an incoming raid over the Thames estuary.
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