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air-raid shelter
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air-raid shelter [¦er ‚rād ¦shel·tər]
(civil engineering)
A chamber, often underground, provided with living facilities and food, for sheltering people against air attacks.


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The next day we saw that the four houses adjacent to ours had been destroyed and everyone buried in the air-raid shelters.
Air raid shelters demolished at last REDCAR residents in 26 homes applied to have their air-raid shelters demolished at the invitation of Redcar Council and last ones to come down were in the back gardens of properties in Sandringham Road.
There are believed to be air-raid shelters under the factory and there is also a possibility of finding Roman remains - it is not far from the Lunt Roman Fort at Baginton.
 
 
 
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