Raid

Word RAID
Character 4
Hyphenation raid
Pronunciations /ɹeɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Raid"

What do we mean by raid?

A surprise attack by a small armed force. noun

A sudden forcible entry into a place by police. noun

An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables. noun

A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization. noun

An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock. noun

An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling. noun

To make a raid on. intransitive verb

To conduct a raid or participate in one. intransitive verb

A hostile or predatory incursion; especially, an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a swooping assault for injury or plunder; a foray. noun

Hence A sudden onset in general; an irruption for or as if for assault or seizure; a descent made in an unexpected or undesired manner: as, a police raid upon a gambling-house. noun

To go upon a raid; engage in a sudden hostile or disturbing incursion, foray, or descent.

To make a raid or hostile attack upon; encroach upon by foray or incursion.

Hence To attack in any way; affect injuriously by sudden or covert assault or invasion of any kind: as, to raid a gambling-house.

To make a raid upon or into. transitive verb

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. noun

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering noun

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. noun

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. noun

A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy. noun

An attacking movement. noun

A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

An attacking movement.

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.

A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Raid

The word "raid" in example sentences

I don't know if I'd use the term raid, but certain things are being done, operations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as we speak. ❋ Unknown (2005)

This despite the UN's cautiously worded response, in which it called the raid an "act" and urged a "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent investigation." ❋ Unknown (2010)

As he left Foyle bent over his desk and, with the concentration that was one of his distinguishing traits, busied himself in a series of reports on a coining raid in Kensington, sent up to him by those concerned for his perusal. ❋ Frank Froest (N/A)

How many planes you get in a raid is a problem still. ❋ Unknown (1942)

District Director Gordy Ainsleigh said the board is opposed to what he describes as a raid on what has traditionally been an important source of capital funding in the Auburn-Meadow Vista area for parks and recreation facilities. ❋ Auburn Journal (2010)

The Prophet imposed his rule on parts of Arabia through a series of ghazvas, or razzias (the origin of the English word "raid"). ❋ KOLD (2010)

More on the Flotilla incident investigation here U.S.: International probe into Gaza flotilla raid is ‘essential’ ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is six computers running all the monitors, eac computer has a core i7 975, 24 gb of DDR 3 memory, two SLC SSDs in raid 0 and a large amount of nvidia NVS 420s as well as Nvidia 9800 GTs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think the only problem with the raid is that the Israelis botched it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, the story of your WoW raid is solely personal, and interesting only to you and your guild. ❋ SVGL (2009)

Any guild raid is going to get the same narrative, so I don't see how that is divergent from any single player narrative. ❋ SVGL (2009)

A full explanation of the events leading up to last week's raid is required. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Lebedev is referring to a raid last year on his father's bank, National Reserve Bank in Moscow, by masked Russian police. ❋ Julian Evans (2011)

The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure .... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Plus the journey to get decently geared for even the most basic raid is daunting indeed. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

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