大だい空くう襲しゅう

noun, noun, used as a suffix

major air raid; large-scale bombing; blitz

Refers to a large-scale aerial bombing attack, often used in historical contexts (e.g., WWII). Can also be used as a suffix in compound nouns like 東京大空襲.

• 1945年ねん3月がつ10日とおかの東とう京きょう大だい空くう襲しゅうでは、多おおくの命いのちが失うしなわれた。

  Many lives were lost in the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945.

• この都と市しは大だい空くう襲しゅうで壊かい滅めつ的てきな被ひ害がいを受うけた。

  This city suffered catastrophic damage from a major air raid.