Synonyms for raid
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1. raidnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack, incursion, foray

2. raidnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   incursion, attack, foray

3. raidnoun

   To steal from; pillage

   Synonyms:
   attack, foray, incursion

4. raidnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   attack, foray, incursion

5. raidverb

   To indulge oneself by taking from

   Synonyms:
   foray, incursion, attack

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1. foray, raid, maraudnoun

   a sudden short attack

   Synonyms:
   maraud, foray

2. raidverb

   an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

   Synonyms:
   maraud, foray

3. raid, bustverb

   search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

   "The police raided the crack house"

   Synonyms:
   tear, rupture, bust, wear, wear out, foray into, snap, break, fall apart, burst

4. foray into, raidverb

   enter someone else's territory and take spoils

   "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"

   Synonyms:
   foray into, bust

5. raidverb

   take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock

   "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"

   Synonyms:
   foray into, bust

6. raidverb

   search for something needed or desired

   "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"

   Synonyms:
   foray into, bust

Matched Categories

1. • Penetration
   • Search
   • Take Over

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. raidnoun

   Synonyms:
   invasion, inroad, foray, irruption, hostile incursion (especially of mounted men)

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1. raidnoun

   Synonyms:
   foray, incursion

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "raid":

   incursion, raids, attack, raiding, strike, descent

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1. Lindsey Graham:

   I don't know. He's denied some of these comments, he's a military officer, he's a doctor who was involved in the raid to capture Saddam Hussein, so he has a fine military record. I know him casually. This is why we have hearings. I want to make sure he's the right man to lead the Army.

2. Bill Bennett:

   Unprecedented to raid a former president's home — not just the compound, but his home, i doubt that's ever been thought of before in American history. And no sense of burden of why it happened, why they did it. No sense of explanation.

3. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:

   Are you students or terrorists trying to raid the rector’s room? this country will not again live a Gezi event in Taksim, will not allow it. We have not stood with terrorists and we will not.

4. General Jean Kahwaji:

   We raid, and we look for weapons in the camps, but we don't know the people and this is what makes the danger from them great. Yes, the refugee camps cause us a headache because they are not controlled, they must be under the authority of the state and be open, and when the state wants to enter ... they must be cooperative. We are not against people. We welcomed them and I have a humanitarian conviction that they must be helped and (allowed) to live, but not to affect our security.

5. The Israeli military Arabic spokesman:

   According to indications, the infant and her mother were killed as a result of Palestinian terrorist activities and not as a result of an Israeli raid.