air-raid shelter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of air-raid shelter
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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When surveyors for a much delayed $12 billion road project under the River Thames scoured for bats, they found six in an abandoned World War II air-raid shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Harmony Wu, 18, was surprised to learn that an underground shopping concourse where she and other youngsters were recently rehearsing some dance moves would be turned into an air-raid shelter in the event of war.
From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2022
Both parents were Irish immigrants and his family later settled in Heston, in west London, where he spent his early years in an air-raid shelter during the Blitz.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2019
I was scared of the air-raid shelter, but climbing on to its roof was fun.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2017
We had an air-raid shelter installed in our house.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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