raids 1 of 2

noun

plural of raid
1
as in invasions
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory repeated Viking raids wore down the defenses of the seaside village

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2
as in attacks
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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raids

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verb

present tense third-person singular of raid
1
as in invades
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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2
as in assaults
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 raids
Noun
After the raids ramped up in January, tens of thousands of former workers ended up in the capital, Phnom Penh, many sleeping in the streets. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026 American bombers aiming for Nantes’ port hit the city center instead, killing about 1,400 people and destroying more than 700 buildings in two raids. — Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026 Immigration enforcement has his pal Rosemary Garcia invested, too, specifically the ICE raids in Minneapolis. — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 Al-Mughayyir is one of the West Bank’s flash points, the site of fatal flare-ups between settlers and Palestinians and lethal military raids. — Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026 Rodriguez mentioned he’s seen firsthand young Latino voters in his classrooms energized to vote against those condoning the raids. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 Workers often fear going to work or leaving their homes because of fears of ICE raids. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 In December 2024, FBI agents and local police arrested the men during pre-dawn raids on their homes in Miami Beach and their parents’ home in Bal Harbour. — Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 The Israeli military launched large-scale domestic military exercises on Sunday to counter surprise border infiltrations and ground raids across northern and central Israel, mobilizing multiple divisions and air assets amid rising regional tensions. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
In the character's final scene, as the DEA raids her rural compound, Laurie ties a rope around her neck and jumps from the roof of her home. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 In the meantime, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) finally raids Laurie's property, thanks to the intel Rue had been giving them. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 June 2026 That figure has dwindled to around 3 percent as fewer candidates avail themselves of the money and Congress raids the fund for other things. — Adam Lashinsky, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2026 Some owls will hunt the wildlife that raids our garbage cans, like skunks and opossums. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026 November raids By mid-November, law enforcement had collected enough evidence to conduct early-morning raids, including on North Carey Street at the home of Shawn Oliver. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025 Appalachian State’s victory at Michigan in 2007 remains the greatest example of what can happen when a good FCS team walks into your house and raids the fridge, and everything else, but leaves the dog. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025 Microsoft raids Google’s AI ranks Mustafa Suleyman, one of the founders of Google’s DeepMind, who is now head of Microsoft AI, is raiding his old company for talent, calling them personally on the phone with the promise that life at Microsoft has more of a startup vibe than Google does. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raids
  1. invasions
  2. attacks
  3. invades
  4. assaults
  5. incursions
  6. offensives
  7. ravages
  8. storms
Noun
  • In a possible Supreme Court case, border guards’ invasions of privacy collide with the Fourth Amendment.
    — George F. Will, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In the nineteen-thirties—a decade of political assassinations, failed military coups, brutal invasions of China, and a hard-right reaction against the relative liberalism of the nineteen-twenties—the yakuza embraced the Zeitgeist with gusto.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of invasions
Noun
  • Monday's attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs came as people were lined up for aid in Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Russia ramped up its aerial attacks on towns and cities across the country over the summer, striking at all times of the day.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of attacks
Verb
  • A couple of key injuries to defensive starters come as a high-flying offense led by quarterback Jared Goff invades Bank of America Stadium.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Damage is often concentrated in the lower areas of the plant, as Verticillium invades hosts from their base, working upwards.
    — Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of invades
Verb
  • Chris Brown physically assaults then-girlfriend Rihanna Brown and then-girlfriend Rihanna had an argument that escalated into physical violence on the part of Brown.
    — Alex Heigl, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Christina Fan, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of assaults
Noun
  • The exercise in Poland was planned earlier this year but is taking place at a time when several European nations, including Poland, have warned of the rising threat from Russian covert activity, including sabotage, espionage and drone incursions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In August, at Finland’s request, the Swedish government deployed fighter aircraft and a warship to help patrol Finland’s eastern airspace and the Gulf of Finland against Russian air incursions and drones straying from Ukrainian operations.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of incursions
Noun
  • Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Only small offensives are possible Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of offensives
Verb
  • Over four decades, Steve Hanke has pursued a worldwide quest to tame the hyperinflation that so frequently ravages developing nations.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As Hurricane Lala ravages Hawaii, three people have died amid the storm.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of ravages
Verb
  • The puppeteering incenses Morgan, who storms into Cathcarts to demand his lawyers quit playing games and get on with litigation already.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Saturday, the system sent a long band of powerful thunder storms up the center of Georgia.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of storms

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“Raids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raids. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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