raidnoun [ C ]
uk/reɪd/us/reɪd/C2 a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people:
the act of entering a place by force in order to steal from it:
C2 an occasion when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
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- 23 people were arrested and large quantities of heroin were seized in a dawn raid .
- Two schools were hit during the air raid.
- The bank robbers wore masks throughout the raid.
- Hundreds of civilians were massacred in the raid.
- In the raid, police found several boxes of obscene videotapes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attacking & invading
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- blitz
- blitz
- cyberwarfare
- engage
- engagement
- going-over
- incursion
- invade
- invader
- offensive
- rip into sb/sth
- rush
- sack
- sacking
- sally
- seize
- sortie
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raidverb [ T ]
uk/reɪd/us/reɪd/C2 to attack a place suddenly:
to enter a place illegally and usually violently, and steal from it:
C2 (of the police) to enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
informal to take something from a place, usually secretly:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attacking & invading
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- blitz
- blitz
- cyberwarfare
- engage
- engagement
- going-over
- incursion
- invade
- invader
- offensive
- rip into sb/sth
- rush
- sack
- sacking
- sally
- seize
- sortie
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