Definitions for air-raid shelter
air-raid shel·ter

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1. bomb shelter, air-raid shelter, bombproofnoun

   a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids

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1. air-raid shelternoun

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

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1. air-raid shelter

   Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack (but many have been used as defensive structures in such situations).During World War II, many types of structures were used as air raid shelters, such as cellars, Hochbunkers (in Germany), basements, and underpasses. Bombing raids during World War I led the UK to build 80 specially adapted London Underground stations as shelters. However, during World War II, the government initially ruled out using these as shelters. After Londoners flooded into underground stations during The Blitz, the government reversed its policy. The UK began building street communal shelters as air raid shelters in 1940. Anderson shelters, designed in 1938 and built to hold up to six people, were in common use in the UK. Indoor shelters known as Morrison shelters were introduced as well. Air raid shelters are still in use to some extent in various nations such as Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Singapore and Taiwan.

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1. air-raid shelter

   An air-raid shelter is a reinforced structure, often underground, designed to provide protection from the destructive effects of air-raids or aerial bombings. It is typically constructed to withstand blasts, debris, fire, and harmful gases, thereby enabling people to safely take refuge during an attack until the danger has passed.

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1. Air-raid shelter

   Air-raid shelters, also known as bomb shelters, are structures for the protection of the civil population as well as military personnel against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack. Prior to World War II, in May 1924, an Air Raid Precautions Committee was set up in the United Kingdom. For years, little progress was made with shelters because of the apparently irreconcilable conflict between the need to send the public underground for shelter and the need to keep them above ground for protection against gas attacks. In February 1936 the Home Secretary appointed a technical Committee on Structural Precautions against Air Attack. By November 1937, there had only been slow progress, because of a serious lack of data on which to base any design recommendations, and the Committee proposed that the Home Office should have its own department for research into structural precautions, rather than relying on research work done by the Bombing Test Committee to support the development of bomb design and strategy. This proposal was eventually implemented in January 1939.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of air-raid shelter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of air-raid shelter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=air-raid shelter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Air-Raid_Shelter
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-Raid_Shelter
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=air-raid shelter