raid

Speech parts

1. raid - Noun

2. raid - Verb

Meaning

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

foray attack incursion charge search strike invasion assault bust sack overrun plunder loot pillage swoop
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Antonyms

amity championship guard aegis cover care
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Hypernyms

attack search assume penetration invade seize

Hyponyms

swoop maraud air raid air attack

Phrases with the word

bomb raid air-raid alarm fire raid saturation raid shuttle raid armed raid

Derivatives

raided raiding

Anagrams

arid Aird Dair dari dira IARD Irad Radi riad

Examples

The police raided the crack house Source: Internet

The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly Source: Internet

Our babysitter raided our refrigerator Source: Internet

T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies Source: Internet

1915 The first raid on England took place on the night of 19–20 January 1915. Source: Internet

A Broome County court jury has found a town of Union resident guilty of several felony charges stemming from a drug raid. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Raible Raiche Raichlen raid on raidable Raiden