raid
/ɹeɪd/noun, verb1 syllable
Raid means: a sudden short attack.
Synonyms for raid7
noun, as in a sudden short attack
verb, as in search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
verb, as in enter someone else's territory and take spoils
What does raid mean?6
noun
a sudden short attack
an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
verb
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on“The police raided the crack house”
enter someone else's territory and take spoils“The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly”
take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock“T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies”
search for something needed or desired“Our babysitter raided our refrigerator”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with raid?58
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Raid in a sentence
- The bandits made a raid on the village.unknown
- They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.CK
- Some said his raid was an act of war.Source_VOA
- Our army staged a night raid against the enemy.martinnicholson
- Cellphones do not work in the air-raid shelter.corvard
- The air raid was demoralizing for the enemy.Amastan
- There was a drug raid on my house this morning.rafaeldejesus8199
- Our last air raid completely destroyed the enemy's already-crippled air defences.soliloquist
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of raid
as a noun
- plural
- raids
as a verb
- past tense
- raided
- present participle
- raiding
- third-person singular
- raids
- past participle
- raided