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raid

/ɹeɪd/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
  2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering
  3. An attacking movement.
  4. An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
  5. A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
  6. To engage in a raid against.
  7. To lure from another; to entice away from.
  8. To indulge oneself by taking from.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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