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US
/ˈɹeɪd/
]
[ UK /ɹˈeɪd/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈeɪd/ ]
VERB
-
enter someone else's territory and take spoils
The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly -
search for something needed or desired
Our babysitter raided our refrigerator -
take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies -
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
The police raided the crack house
NOUN
- a sudden short attack
- an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
How To Use raid In A Sentence
- I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention.
- He was afraid of waking up in the morning and finding that Jessie was dead.
- I was talking to a mom today whose daughter's elementary teacher said she was afraid that her daughter had "selective mutism. Canard - French Word-A-Day
- They run out of beer by about 7pm so we then turned to the wine, which I'm afraid would have stripped the paint off any wall.
- Here's a good one - a survey to see if birds are afraid of heights or get jet lag on long flights. The Sun
- I am afraid to lose, I fear this time, and I love it but memories. I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with the sway of the brothers, forget accompany me cry close friend, and forget the bright Star of that everynight, and those words have touched me deeply.
- A senior detective who led the hunt for two armed robbers behind a series of terrifying raids across Bradford today told of the desperate race against time to catch them before someone was shot.
- They were afraid the dam wouldn't hold.
- He is a man with a reputation for being tough and unafraid of unpopular decisions.
- No matter how many police raids are conducted, if we cannot guarantee their protection young victims will remain too terrified to testify against their traffickers. Times, Sunday Times