Synonyms of raided

raided

verb

past tense of raid

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• invaded
• attacked
• ravaged
• dominated
• occupied
• conquered
• overran
• plundered
• looted
• pillaged
• ransacked
• stormed
• sacked
• stripped
• subjected
• assaulted
• forayed (into)
• overwhelmed
• despoiled
• overcame
• encroached
• assailed
• subdued
• subjugated
• besieged
• overpowered
• harassed
• vanquished
• fought
• marauded
• rushed
• trespassed
• combated
• blockaded
• struck
• beset
• battled
• clashed (with)
• crushed
• beleaguered
• infringed
• garrisoned
• charged
• warred (with)
• invested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• defended
• guarded
• shielded
• safeguarded
• opposed
• resisted
• submitted (to)
• withstood
• repelled
• warded
• defied
• yielded (to)
• surrendered (to)
• ceded (to)
• succumbed (to)
• capitulated (to)

2

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• stormed
• assaulted
• struck
• robbed
• ambushed
• charged
• invaded
• swarmed
• assailed
• rushed
• set at
• turned (on)
• trashed
• set on
• descended (on or upon)
• bushwhacked
• set upon
• jumped (on)
• went in (on)
• beset
• flew at
• rounded on
• sicced
• went at
• pitched into
• pounced (on or upon)
• tore into
• sacked
• bombed
• surprised
• lit into
• flanked
• besieged
• looted
• plundered
• mobbed
• blitzed
• pillaged
• waylaid
• beat up on
• bombarded
• ravaged
• mugged
• nuked
• battered
• ganged up (on)
• bum-rushed
• beleaguered
• barraged
• buffeted
• plastered
• overran
• ambuscaded
• cannonaded
• pressed
• enveloped
• harried
• cannoned
• banged away (at)
• forayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secured
• covered
• protected
• defended
• guarded
• shielded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raided

In Kogi State, bandits recently raided an orphanage and took twenty-three children hostage. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Seven of 10 adult child caregivers have taken a hit to their job or career to keep caring, and nearly 1 in 3 have raided or scaled back their own retirement savings, Bay Alarm Medical said. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Agents last week raided Hagman and Su’s offices and homes, along with other locations in the Inland Empire and Beverly Hills. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

On April 15, the day after city council elections, FBI agents raided the homes of Vice Mayor Marvin Crist, Councilmember Raj Malhi and a third home in Bel Air, according to Parris. — Pat Maio, Daily News, 31 July 2026

In the summer of 2022, at least nine officers from the Sheriff’s Department in Adams County raided Foreman’s home on suspicion of drug trafficking and kidnapping. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026

In Missouri, police agreed to pay $750,000 after officers raided a family’s home over an unpaid gas bill and shot and killed Kiya, the family’s four-year-old pit bull. — Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026

Law enforcement officers eventually raided A Community Funeral Home in November 2025, according to Click2Houston and KTRK. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

In April, heavily armed FBI agents raided the Maryland home of David Morens, Fauci’s 78-year-old former aide. — CNN Money, 22 July 2026