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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
Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
Police have accused a woman of distributing narcotics from a home in East Haven following a multi-agency investigation that culminated in a raid that allegedly turned up fentanyl, crack cocaine and other drugs.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026
Darius Johnson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
After a toy-store owner criticized ICE in a television interview, its agents raided the shop and conducted an audit.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The van had the branding of the UK Home Office, the abrupt morning raid being in line with the hostile policies of the interior ministry, then led by Conservative home secretary Priti Patel.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
Police have accused a woman of distributing narcotics from a home in East Haven following a multi-agency investigation that culminated in a raid that allegedly turned up fentanyl, crack cocaine and other drugs.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
The state is investigating the landlords of a South Shore apartment building, months after it was raided by federal immigration agents.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
After a toy-store owner criticized ICE in a television interview, its agents raided the shop and conducted an audit.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raid
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The meeting, which officials said would be the first trilateral talks since Moscow’s 2022 invasion, comes after a US envoy met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and Washington and Kyiv agreed to postwar security guarantees.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The idea for a new Help album had been percolating since around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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This is not just an alarming new attack that has caused chaos across the iWorld.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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One of the major ironies out of the Minnesota anti-ICE attack on a Baptist church last week is that former CNN host Don Lemon, one of the participants, is being investigated under the Ku Klux Klan Act.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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What now is the difference between the United States attacking Venezuela in order to install new leadership and Russia invading Ukraine to effect annexation and leadership change?—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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The drug-trafficking-as-armed-attack line simply doesn’t work—not as a justification for bombing fishing boats in international waters in the Caribbean, and not for invading a foreign country and kidnapping its president.—
Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The suspect beat the victim with a construction sign and then continued to assault the victim using the victim's bicycle.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Citizens have had their front doors blown out, been hit with pepper balls for praying outside government facilities, been wrongfully charged with assaulting agents, and have seen their identification papers dismissed as fake and thus grounds for detainment.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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The photo ran on the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune on Friday and already feels like a defining image of the long ICE incursion in Minneapolis—a powerful illustration of how the agency has acted, in broad daylight, with excessive force and impunity.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
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One was a rebellion against local police, and this is against a federal incursion that is viewed as unjust.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Israel’s offensive has killed more than 71,400 Palestinians since 2023, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry — with more than 480 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the latest ceasefire began.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Israel’s offensive has killed at least 71,660 Palestinians since 2023, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry — with more than 480 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the latest ceasefire began.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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During an earlier news conference, Beshear said state investigators were looking into three weekend deaths that were possibly storm related.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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An anti-ICE protest outside a Minneapolis hotel turned violent Sunday night, with some smashing windows and throwing bottles as federal officers fought to keep them from storming inside.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
26 Jan. 2026
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As the war grinds through another bitterly cold winter, Russian strikes hit an apartment block Wednesday on the outskirts of Kyiv, killing two people.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The attacks, carried out in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean under the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, have killed at least 116 people in 36 strikes since early September.—
Muri Assuncao,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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