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raid

The correct spelling is raid.

How to pronounce raid

/ɹeɪd/
noun

IPA: /ɹeɪd/

Say it like: Ray-d

The correct spelling is raid. A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. For example: "a police raid of a narcotics factory"

Usage Examples

a police raid of a narcotics factory

The police raided the gambling den.

I raided the fridge for snacks.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
  2. 2.An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering
  3. 3.An attacking movement.
  4. 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. 5.A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

verb

  1. 1.To engage in a raid against.
  2. 2.To lure from another; to entice away from.
  3. 3.To indulge oneself by taking from.

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