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[ reyd ] / reɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR raid ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring. Military. a sudden attack on the enemy, as by air or by a small land force. a vigorous, large-scale effort to lure away a competitor's employees, members, etc. Finance. a concerted attempt of speculators to force stock prices down. verb (used with object)to make a raid on. to steal from; loot: a worry that the investment fund is being raided. to entice away from another: Large companies are raiding key personnel from smaller companies. to indulge oneself by taking from, especially in order to eat: raiding the cookie jar. verb (used without object)Origin of raid1375–1425; Middle English (north and Scots ) ra(i)de,Old English rād expedition, literally, a riding; doublet of road SYNONYMS FOR raid1 seizure. 2 incursion, invasion, inroad. SEE SYNONYMS FOR raid ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM raidcoun·ter·raid, noun, verbun·raid·ed, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for raidIn the weeks following the Sept. 9, car bombing at the Iranian base, Iran raided a village in the Pakistani district of Chagai. The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Before preservationists could put a stop to it, he and other looters had raided and destroyed precious relics buried at the site. Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST According to the Amnesty report, a Special Forces unit had raided the house on February 12, 2010. Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty International|Nico Hines, Sami Yousafzai|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST In May, the Vostok (“East”) Battalion, another separatist militia, raided and temporarily seized the headquarters of the DPR. Putin Is Just Getting Started in Ukraine|Michael Weiss|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Agents tell me that in clandestine labs that they have raided, they have found copies. The Week in Death: Alexander Shulgrin, Who Synthesized the Drug Ecstasy|The Telegraph|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST April 20th, Salina was raided, two men killed, and two hundred head of stock taken. Forty Years Among the Indians|Daniel W. Jones The two boys did a greater day's work than they could comprehend when they raided the dens by the river's side. The Story of Ab|Stanley Waterloo With scissors in hand she raided the flower-beds for lady-slippers and clove-geranium with which to adorn the table. My Actor-Husband|Anonymous Then they raided the clothing store, and abused the Hebrew owner until he reduced the price. The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch|Henry Wallace Phillips Here he raided a corps of partisan cavalry, composed chiefly of loyal planters. The Loyalists of Massachusetts|James H. Stark
British Dictionary definitions for raid
nouna sudden surprise attackan air raid a surprise visit by police searching for criminals or illicit goodsa fraud-squad raid See also bear raid, dawn raid verbto make a raid against (a person, thing, etc) to sneak into (a place) in order to take something, steal, etcraiding the larder Derived forms of raidraider, nounWord Origin for raidC15: Scottish dialect, from Old English rād military expedition; see road Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to raidcapture, break-in, onslaught, sortie, sweep, arrest, assault, invasion, incursion, bomb, plunder, rob, bombard, blockade, harass, ransack, storm, loot, invade, overrun |