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Definition 2025

air-raid_shelter

air-raid shelter

English

Noun

air-raid shelter ‎(plural air-raid shelters)

A structure, often a reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids.

Synonyms

Translations

reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids

Afrikaans: bomskuiling
Chinese:
Mandarin: 防空洞 (zh) ‎(fángkōngdòng), 防空壕 (zh) ‎(fángkōngháo), 避彈壕, 避弹壕 ‎(bìdànháo)
Czech: protiletecký kryt m
Finnish: väestönsuoja
French: abri anti-aérien m
German: Luftschutzbunker (de) m

Hebrew: מִקְלָט (he) m ‎(miklát)
Italian: rifugio antiaereo m
Japanese: 防空壕 ‎(ぼうくうごう, bōkūgō)
Korean: 방공호 (ko) ‎(bang-gongho) (防空壕 (ko))
Pohnpeian: pwohkungo
Portuguese: abrigo antiaéreo m
Russian: бомбоубе́жище (ru) n ‎(bomboubéžišče)
Spanish: refugio antiaéreo m, refugio antibombas m