Example: I am in a house and planes are dropping bombs on it’ (Mrs SM). We feel under attack, the severity depending on the dream damage.
The attack might be emotional, from people, or feelings we have about events around us. Things may be going badly at work, and comments be felt like bombshells. Very often, though, the threats are purely mental. We may read of an illness such as AIDS and the anxiety we connect with the idea has a devastating effect. Idioms: I feel blitzed.
See Also: airplane; war.
[1]In most cases, the meaning of an air raid is straightforward. It reflects a feeling of being assaulted, of being under attack.
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