noun
the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑battle, ↑conflict, ↑fight, ↑engagement
• Part Holonyms: ↑World War II, ↑World War 2, ↑Second World War
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(in World War II) the series of aerial combats that took place between British and German aircraft during the autumn of 1940 and that included the severe bombardment of British cities.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.