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as in invasion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
repeated Viking raids wore down the defenses of the seaside village
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as in attack
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
an early morning raid by Federal agents took the smugglers in their hideout by surprise
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as in to invade
to enter for conquest or plunder
a fox has been raiding the chicken coop, and now we're down to eight hens
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as in to attack
to take sudden, violent action against
the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise
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Recent Examples of raid
Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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ICE just visited a California homeless shelter.
—Nuo Chen, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
All that happened before August of 2022, when FBI agents raided Mar a Lago to retrieve classified documents that seemed to follow Trump from his presidency into his return to private life.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Thursday’s raid stemmed from a multiyear investigation that began with federal agents looking into possible drug traffickers in San Diego.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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ICE just visited a California homeless shelter.
—Nuo Chen, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
Federal investigators raided his home and seized his electronics last September as part of a probe that sources say have scrutinized whether top city officials engaged in a scheme involving kickbacks on municipal government contracts.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
All that happened before August of 2022, when FBI agents raided Mar a Lago to retrieve classified documents that seemed to follow Trump from his presidency into his return to private life.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raid
Noun
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False light is an invasion of privacy that portrays someone in an unfair light.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Hubbard was in Izyum when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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On Friday, a Russian ballistic missile and drone attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih -- Zelenskyy's home town -- killed 19 people, including nine children.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2025
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There has been a big labor split, however, with carpenters and laborers unions going heavily for Moreno — and waging tough attacks against Aguirre.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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And invading the Crusaders home turf Tuesday afternoon was Christian, ranked No. 1 in the section.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored tanks rumbling, houses burning, and bullets flying around his neighborhood – still loom large in his memory.—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
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The filing stated that in one incident, McCarrick assaulted the victim, a teenage boy, at a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Staffers of the event were also assaulted, the group said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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That said, those incursions into Florida territory proved fruitless, which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.—
Nick Ashbourne,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The drone attacks come as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time that his forces had staged an incursion into Russia's Belgorod region, although one military analyst told Newsweek that the operation was not an intensive one.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Russia and Ukraine have both accused each other of violating the pause on strikes since then.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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At the hospital, Palestinians killed in the strike were wrapped in white cloths or rugs.—
Kareem Khadder and Dana Karni,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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After Cooper Flagg knocked down a pair of free throws at the 11:54 mark to give the Blue Devils a 56-42 lead, Houston stormed back with a relentless 28-11 run to complete a stunning rally and punch their ticket to the title game.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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Opposition lawmakers have accused Yoon of inciting his most extreme followers to violence, after a pro-Yoon mob stormed and defaced the courthouse that issued his arrest warrant in January.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Israel’s offensive has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.—
Isaac Scharf and Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Israel's offensive has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, including hundreds killed in strikes since a ceasefire ended about two weeks ago, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't say whether those killed are civilians or combatants.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raid. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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