raid

Definition:
1. A sudden short attack.
2. An attempt by speculators to defraud investors.
3. Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on.
4. Enter someone else's territory and take spoils.
5. Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock.
6. Search for something needed or desired.

Use 'raid' in a sentence:

• 1. The two were reportedly killed in an exchange of fire during a police raid.
• 2. This photograph by Adnan Hajj, a Lebanese photographer, showed thick black smoke rising above buildings in the Lebanese capital after an Israeli air raid.
• 3. It would certainly be within his power to authorize a police raid like that.
• 4. But it was a precise raid.
• 5. The raid begins.
• 6. RAID-Z2 uses two disks for parity.
• 7. The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids.
• 8. They said the raid was the work of one man—one madman, John Brown.
• 9. By themselves, the RAID device names tell us nothing about their type.
• 10. A 19-year-old man has been found guilty of raiding a bank.
• 11. The raids have drawn a strong condemnation from the United Nations Security Council.
• 12. Participate in a World of Warcraft raid.
• 13. Avoid RAID 5 for data, indexes, and log.
• 14. They were arrested early this morning after a raid on a house by thirty armed police.
• 15. The success of the raid depended on split-second timing.
• 16. Roy: Well, there we are, raid is over.
• 17. Every rebel raid is another turn of the screw, increasing the pressure on the President.
• 18. The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.
• 19. He was told of the raid and decided to take flight immediately.
• 20. Never enjoyed an air raid more.
• 21. One man was arrested during the raid and another during a follow-up operation.
• 22. The president was absolutely right in ordering the bombing raid.
• 23. Level Global and Loch saw investors redeem money as soon as possible because of the raid, even though they haven't been charged with any wrongdoing.
• 24. They saw a government war plane make a series of low-level bombing raids.
• 25. Yay! Our RAID device is up and running.
• 26. The man was shot dead by the police during a raid on his house.
• 27. The Pentagon says bad weather is hampering the allied air raids.
• 28. The chemical composition of rainfall changes slightly as raid clouds move.
• 29. She made her way to the kitchen to raid the fridge.
• 30. For months at a time, air raids were a nightly occurrence.
• 31. At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids.
• 32. Police are holding two men in connection with last Thursday's bank raid.
• 33. It sounds like an air raid siren.
• 34. On the backseat, the thing in the basket began to cry, like the air raid siren announcing the birth of a new life.
• 35. Villages along the border are regularly raided.
• 36. The government denied that there had been any collateral damage during the bombing raid.
• 37. There were 15 minutes between the first air raid alert and the sounding of the all-clear signal.
• 38. They carried out a bombing raid on enemy bases.
• 39. A large quantity of drugs was seized during the raid.
• 40. They watched dramatic pictures of the police raid on TV.
• 41. The weapon used in the raid was a replica.
• 42. Many treasures were lost when the tombs were raided in the last century.
• 43. The family was killed in an air raid.
• 44. The rebels attempted a surprise raid on a military camp.
• 45. They were arrested during a dawn raid.
• 46. Three men were arrested after police were tipped off about the raid.
• 47. Police raided five houses in south-east London and recovered stolen goods.