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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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We were told to run across to the air-raid shelter but my brother Raymond said 'No, mom will be worried
Byline: FIONA PARKER AS a 10-year-old living in Birkenhead, I vividly remember one night when my dad had to wake us all up to go down to the air-raid shelter.
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.
 
 
 
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