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noun | verb raidraid1 /reɪd/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYraid1Origin: 1400-1500 Scottish English Old English rad ride, raid; ➔ ROAD ► carry out/launch a raid Allied forces carried out a successful raid on the port. 1a quick attack on a place by soldiers, airplanes, or ships, intended to cause damage but not take control: a bombing raidraid on/against a surprise raid on the naval basecarry out/launch a raid Allied forces carried out a successful raid on the port.2a sudden visit by the police searching for something illegal: raid on a police raid on the house of a suspected drug dealer3disapproving an act of taking and using money that should be used for something else, especially money that belongs to a company or government: corporate raids of company pension funds4social studies, economics an attempt by a company to buy enough stock in another company to take control of it → see also air raid, panty raid noun | verb raidraid2 ●●○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEraid |
| Present | I, you, we, they | raid | | he, she, it | raids | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | raided | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have raided | | he, she, it | has raided | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had raided | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will raid | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have raided |
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| Present | I | am raiding | | he, she, it | is raiding | | you, we, they | are raiding | | Past | I, he, she, it | was raiding | | you, we, they | were raiding | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been raiding | | he, she, it | has been raiding | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been raiding | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be raiding | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been raiding |
THESAURUSin a war► attack to start using guns, bombs, etc. against an enemy in a war: Guerrillas attacked an army patrol. ► invade to enter a country with an army in order to take control of it: The Nazis invaded Belgium in May 1940. ► raid to attack a place suddenly, in a war: Shortly after dawn, a small group of soldiers raided the enemy camp. ► ambush to attack enemy soldiers after waiting in a hidden place: The convoy of trucks was ambushed on the road to Kabul. ► bombard to attack a place for a long time with guns and bombs: Many people are homeless after the military bombarded the area. ► storm to attack a city or building using force, in order to take control of it: Ordinary citizens stormed the Bastille, a prison, and the French Revolution began. ► charge to deliberately rush toward someone or something in order to attack: The soldiers on horses charged toward the Indian camp. 1if police raid a place, they go there suddenly to search for something illegal: Armed police raided the house early Wednesday.2to make a sudden attack on a place: Troops raided rebel villages.► see thesaurus at attack23to take or steal a lot of things from a place: A gang of thieves raided a bank in Rome.4raid the refrigerator/closet/pantry etc. humorous to take a lot of something from a refrigerator, closet, etc. |