1
as in invaded
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 attacked
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 raided
On Monday, the Marion County Board of Commissioners agreed to more than $3 million in combined payouts to three journalists and a former city councilor whose home was also raided.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
Mack was initially arrested in April 2018, after federal authorities in March 2018 raided NXIVM headquarters near Albany.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Bovino and his agents have raided the South Side community several times.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Dance parties like the one in Iranshahr are still sometimes raided by the police.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
Weeks after everything went awry on the Venezuelan coastline, agents from the Tampa office of the FBI raided a Boca Raton apartment on May 21 where Goudreau was visiting and seized nearly $57,000 in cash.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Dunn was released from custody but rearrested when a team of armed federal agents in riot gear raided his home.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Police raided the Santa Monica warehouse and recovered more than 2,100 pairs of sneakers and 140 cartons of clothing, both from Nike.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
He was released from custody but was rearrested when a team of armed federal agents raided his home.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
Mack was initially arrested in April 2018, after federal authorities in March 2018 raided NXIVM headquarters near Albany.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Bovino and his agents have raided the South Side community several times.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Dance parties like the one in Iranshahr are still sometimes raided by the police.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
Weeks after everything went awry on the Venezuelan coastline, agents from the Tampa office of the FBI raided a Boca Raton apartment on May 21 where Goudreau was visiting and seized nearly $57,000 in cash.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Dunn was released from custody but rearrested when a team of armed federal agents in riot gear raided his home.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Police raided the Santa Monica warehouse and recovered more than 2,100 pairs of sneakers and 140 cartons of clothing, both from Nike.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
He was released from custody but was rearrested when a team of armed federal agents raided his home.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raided
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After Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Cheney coordinated with international allies and led planning for Operation Desert Storm.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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In the final round of the game, Morgan’s new alliance invaded Annabelle’s group and took most of their resource points.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Crabtree stopped, turned, attacked the ball and snagged it.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Nelson claimed to police that the man attacked her and their son after opening the car door.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Around 500 Hamas terrorists stormed the kibbutz, killing 47 people and taking 76 hostages out of the 251 abducted across Israel that day.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The demonstration turned violent, and some people stormed Morelia’s Government Palace.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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An 88-year-old Seattle woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a man violently assaulted and robbed her, biting off her finger and stealing her jewelry, police say.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The former Fox Sports analyst allegedly assaulted 69-year-old Perry Tole in an alley, and the ensuing fight left both men hospitalized with serious injuries.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, The Orange County Register reported.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Since Brightline began running trains in Florida in 2017, 193 people have been struck and killed, most of them pedestrians who were not at official crossings, according to a Miami Herald/WLRN investigation.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Raided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raided. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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