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Definition of RAID

1. Verb. Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on. "The police raided the crack house"

2. Noun. A sudden short attack.

3. Verb. Enter someone else's territory and take spoils. "The customs agents RAID the bags for drugs "; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"

4. Noun. An attempt by speculators to defraud investors.

5. Verb. Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock. "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"

6. Verb. Search for something needed or desired. "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"

Definition of RAID

1. n. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

2. v. t. To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Definition of RAID

1. Acronym. (computing) A redundant array of inexpensive disks, or, less frequently restated as a redundant array of independent disks. ¹

2. Noun. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. ¹

3. Noun. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. ¹

4. Noun. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy. ¹

5. Noun. (sports) An attacking movement. ¹

6. Verb. To engage in a raid. ¹

7. Verb. To steal from; pillage ¹

8. Verb. To lure from another; to entice away from ¹

9. Verb. To indulge oneself by taking from ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of RAID

1. to make a sudden assault on [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of RAID

ragwort ragworts rah rah-rah rah-rah skirt rah-rah skirts rahed rahing rahs rai

rai stone rai stones raia raiae raias raid raided raider raiders raiding

raids raik raiked raiking raiks rail rail-carriage rail-carriages rail-splitter rail car

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