raid
A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battleA quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
» They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.
Meaning
6 sensesA 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
a raid of contractors on the public treasury
Razzia, Überfall
рейдrejd, налётnaljót, обла́ваobláva
рейдrejd, налі́тnalít, обла́ваobláva
An attacking movement.
(Internet)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.
(Internet)A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
An event involving a group of users, often using bots and scripts, who join a server to harm it or harass its members.
- an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
- a sudden short attack
Examples
63 sentencesThey shot down two enemy planes during the raid.
Tom and Mary ran into the air-raid shelter.
ruТом и Мэри побежали в бомбоубежище.
deTom und Maria liefen in den Luftschutzbunker.
Tom was killed in the raid.
Cellphones do not work in the air-raid shelter.
ruМобильные телефоны не работают в бомбоубежище.
RAID-1 achieves redundancy by mirroring data on several disks.
Translations
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Origin
From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an exFrom Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”). The earlier senses of “a riding, expedition, raid” fell into disuse in Early Modern English, but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The use for a swift police operation appears in the later 19th century and may perhaps have been influenced by French razzia (similar in both original meaning and sound).
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