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. Donald Trump:

   Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before, after working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.

2. Jonathan Turley:

   In these cases, the court balances the public's interest against the need for continued secrecy, this was a historic raid that has caused a great deal of public unrest. Millions of Americans are questioning the motivation of the Justice Department.

3. The New Syria Army:

   Our forces successfully departed at the conclusion of the raid. We will continue to conduct operations to remove Daesh.

4. Mike Madrid:

   This rallies the GOP base to Trump's side, at least short-term, by making him look like the aggrieved party or the victim, but I don't know how sustainable that is once we learn more about why the raid happened or if charges will be filed.

5. Dan Bishop:

   Scott Perry's telephone is maybe for me an even more extreme example than President Trump, they pick a member of Congress somewhat obscure, perhaps less famous than, say, Jim Jordan or Kevin McCarthy or Jim Banks. And they go and strip him of a cell phone under criminal process a day after they've conducted an unprecedented raid on the former president of the United States over, as far as anybody can tell, kind of weak tea allegations or issues about the Presidential Records Act.