aerial warfare

collocation in English

meaningsofaerialandwarfare

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aerial
adjective
uk
/ˈeə.ri.əl/us
/ˈer.i.əl/
in or from the air, especially from ...
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warfare
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwɔː.feər/us
/ˈwɔːr.fer/
the activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that ...
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(Definition ofaerialandwarfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In recent years, historians of air power have become increasingly sophisticated in analysing the conceptual and organizational facets ofaerialwarfare.
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We have to remember thataerialwarfareis still in its infancy, and its potentialities are incalculable and inconceivable.
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It may be that considerable damage would be done to ships and cargoes as a result of submarine andaerialwarfare.
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The majority must now be considered too old—odd though it may seem—to meet the rigours ofaerialwarfarein modern high-speed aircraft.
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That estimate was given in another place by one of our most experienced authorities onaerialwarfare.
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That is one of the lessons ofaerialwarfare, and surely we cannot neglect it.
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Nearly every trade and every science finds its part inaerialwarfare.
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We had the one with regard to the menace ofaerialwarfare.
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He further told us that the whole principle ofaerialwarfarewas now changed and that war on citizens was bound to fail.
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Why should not a convention which has reduced the horrors of war in the older spheres be applied toaerialwarfare?
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Surely we in this country stand most to gain from the abolition ofaerialwarfare.
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He showed us quite clearly the horrors which faced the world if we could not get rid ofaerialwarfare.
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The whole apparatus ofaerialwarfareis changing constantly in swift and stupendous progress towards perfection.
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I believe that it is possible to obtain some real and valuable agreement by convention and by the codification of the laws ofaerialwarfare.
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We ought to ask ourselves where to erect the factories to produce the planes to carry on theaerialwarfareof the future.
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What is the practical objection to the policy of abolishingaerialwarfare?
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Surely the comparison should have been with what is needed foraerialwarfarealtogether.
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They are certainly needed as an additional method of protection and because of the dangers ofaerialwarfare.
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I do not seeaerialwarfareas a struggle between combatants; it will be a war against noncombatants.
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The fact is that there is at present no international code of law with respect toaerialwarfarewhich is the subject of general agreement.
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