air-raid shelter
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air-raid shelter
noun air-raid shelters
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A structure, often a reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids.
With the intensification of air raids on London last September, these tube platforms began to be used as an air raid shelter, and shelterers travelled by train (specially stopped there) from other stations in order to gain access.
Similar: air raid bunker, bomb shelter, bombproof
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noun reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids
| Español | refugio antiaéreo, refugio antibombas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 방공호 banggongho |
| 日本語 | 防空壕 bōkūgō |
| 中文 | 防空洞 fángkōngdòng, 防空壕 fángkōngháo, 避彈壕 /避弹壕 bìdànháo |
| Português | abrigo antiaéreo |
| Français | abri anti-aérien |
| Deutsch | Luftschutzbunker |
| Italiano | rifugio antiaereo |
| Ελληνικά | Καταφύγιο αεροπορικής επιδρομής Katafýgio aeroporikís epidromís |
| Română | adăpost antiaerian |
| Русский | бомбоубе́жище bomboubéžišče, убе́жище ubéžišče |
| العربية | مَلْجَأ مِنَ الْقَنَابِل maljaʔ mina l-qanābil |
| עברית | מִקְלָט miklát |
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