air raid shelter
Underground bomb protection
An air raid shelter is a structure designed to protect civilians from aerial bombing attacks.
During World War II, these ranged from reinforced public buildings to backyard dugouts and underground stations.
Families huddled in the air raid shelter until the all-clear sounded.
The term evokes wartime civilian experience, particularly the London Blitz.
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- sirenWailing alert device
- all clear signalNotice danger has ended
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
wartime · World War II · London Blitz · blitz · basement · concrete · sandbags · blackout · civilians · huddled · damp · fear · radio · rations · candles · all-clear · rubble · gas masks
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- emergency facilitiesfire station, police station, hospital, emergency room, ER
- shelterstent, hut, igloo, burrow, cave
- underground spacesbasement, cellar, cave, cavern, tunnel
- bunkersbunkers, underground bunker, underground bunkers, nuclear bunker, concrete bunker
- Cold War SitesBerlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, Kremlin
air raid shelteropen ground
no man's land · aboveground · rooftop · open field · street level
air raid shelterstrategic target
Predetermined valuable aim
munitions factory · airfield · industrial center · war industry · military installation
raid, shelter, airs, airborne, aired, airing, airless, airline, airliner