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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Donald Trump:

   They may go by different names like single-payer or the so-called public option, they want to raid Medicare to fund a thing called socialism.

2. Rudy Giuliani:

   That was about Michael Cohen thinking that the President was mad at him, i called( Robert Costello) to reassure Robert Costello that the President was not mad. It wasn't long after the raid and the President felt bad for him.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   What I am looking for is the predicate for the search, was the information provided to the judge sufficient and necessary to authorize a raid on the former president's home within ninety days of the midterm election ? I am urging, actually insisting, the DOJ and the FBI lay their cards on the table as to why this course of action was necessary.

4. Chris Scott:

   The images of neighborhoods across Europe reduced to rubble due to wartime air raids are a lasting reminder of the destruction that can be caused by man-made explosions, but the impact of these bombs way up in the Earth's atmosphere has never been realized until now. It is astonishing to see how the ripples caused by man-made explosions can affect the edge of space. Each raid released the energy of at least 300 lightning strikes. The sheer power involved has allowed us to quantify how events on the Earth's surface can also affect the ionosphere.

5. Johannes Kleiman:

   ‘On the fourth of August 1944 the SD (Nazi security police), accompanied by three detectives and SS Officer Silberbauer, conducted a raid. They had apparently been well-informed, and forced my colleague with three guns pointed at him to show them the secret quarters, where they arrested both families: eight people. My colleague and myself were also taken away with them.’