Raid

Quick meaning: Raid is a noun meaning (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

Meaning

(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

More Meanings

1. (law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
2. (sports) An attacking movement.
3. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
4. (social media) An event involving a group of users, often using bots and scripts, who join a server to harm it or harass its members.
5. (transitive) To engage in a raid against.
6. (transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.
7. (Internet slang) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

Example Sentences

a police raid of a narcotics factory

a raid of contractors on the public treasury

Marauding chief! his sole delight / The moonlight raid, the morning fight.

There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids.

Word Forms

• raids
• raiding
• raided

Synonyms for raid

Depending on context, synonyms include attack, foray, incursion, irruption, bust, maraud.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foray, maraud, mulcting, bust, incursion, razzia.

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