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Noun: air-raid shelter
  1. A chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
    "The city's air-raid shelter could accommodate hundreds of people";
    - bomb shelter, bombproof

Derived forms: air-raid shelters

Type of: chamber

Encyclopedia: Air-raid shelter