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

Last week, Omar’s Washington, DC, home was raided by federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. — Miles Bryan, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026

The child's parents were killed in September 2019 when Army Rangers, along with Afghan forces, raided a rural compound. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Thieves raided a jewelry store in a crash-and-grab burglary in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood early Tuesday morning. — Desiree Evans, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of Danish researchers on Monday, seizing doses of hepatitis B vaccine intended for a vaccine trial for newborns. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

In January, the FBI raided a Post reporter’s home, as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of mishandling sensitive national security information. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Authorities on Wednesday raided the headquarters of one of Turkey ’s few broadcasters not aligned with the government, and appointed a trustee manager to oversee the popular news channel as part of an investigation into alleged corruption. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Its largest medical center, Al-Shifa Hospital, was besieged, bombed, and raided, under false pretexts, resulting in hundreds of deaths inside. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

The Pussycat on Biscayne Boulevard near 79th Street in Miami was raided by police 18 times between 1978 and 1987. — David Goodhue october 9, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026