Synonyms of raiding

raiding 1 of 2

noun

as in looting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• looting
• plundering
• pillaging
• robbery
• marauding
• depredation
• plunder
• piracy
• pirating
• sacking
• despoliation
• despoilment
• privateering

raiding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of raid

1

as in invading

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

• invading
• attacking
• ravaging
• dominating
• conquering
• occupying
• looting
• plundering
• overrunning
• pillaging
• ransacking
• marauding
• sacking
• fighting
• stripping
• storming
• subjugating
• assaulting
• overcoming
• encroaching
• subduing
• despoiling
• besieging
• vanquishing
• combating
• harassing
• foraying (into)
• assailing
• subjecting
• overpowering
• blockading
• rushing
• trespassing
• overwhelming
• battling
• crushing
• garrisoning
• combatting
• infringing
• charging
• besetting
• striking
• beleaguering
• investing
• clashing (with)
• warring (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• defending
• guarding
• safeguarding
• shielding
• opposing
• resisting
• warding
• repelling
• withstanding
• yielding (to)
• submitting (to)
• defying
• surrendering (to)
• succumbing (to)
• ceding (to)
• capitulating (to)

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• protecting
• defending
• guarding
• safeguarding
• shielding
• opposing
• resisting
• warding
• repelling
• withstanding
• yielding (to)
• submitting (to)
• defying
• surrendering (to)
• succumbing (to)
• ceding (to)
• capitulating (to)

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2

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• assaulting
• storming
• robbing
• ambushing
• charging
• striking
• invading
• swarming
• rushing
• assailing
• bushwhacking
• trashing
• siccing
• flying at
• setting on
• besetting
• tearing into
• sicking
• setting at
• looting
• pitching into
• setting upon
• rounding on
• sacking
• plundering
• lighting into
• beating up on
• going at
• bombing
• besieging
• pillaging
• flanking
• waylaying
• nuking
• mobbing
• descending (on or upon)
• surprising
• blitzing
• mugging
• ravaging
• bum-rushing
• pouncing (on or upon)
• turning (on)
• jumping (on)
• bombarding
• going in (on)
• cannoning
• battering
• beleaguering
• harrying
• cannonading
• buffeting
• barraging
• overrunning
• ambuscading
• plastering
• enveloping
• pressing
• ganging up (on)
• surprizing
• foraying
• banging away (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• defending
• securing
• covering
• guarding
• shielding

• protecting
• defending
• securing
• covering
• guarding
• shielding