raids
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Noun
raids noun
- A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering“a police raid of a narcotics factory”
- An attacking movement.
- 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.
Verb
raids verb
- To engage in a raid against.“The police raided the gambling den.”
- To lure from another; to entice away from.
- To indulge oneself by taking from.“I raided the fridge for snacks.”
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irruptionattackforayincursionmaraudmulctingbustforay intoactionairstrikesassailsassaultsattacksbombardmentsbombingsbreak-inscampaignschange
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