Warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding.

(a) n. running, course; (b) adj. running.

The action of overrun, v. (in various senses of the verb); an instance of this.

The action of advancing as a scout, of roving with hostile purpose, of moving swiftly about, of overrunning a country, etc.

An act of passing over an area in order to capture or destroy the occupants of it. Also spec. with reference to aircraft patrols, usually offensive…