# raid

Pronunciation: say "RAYD" /ɹeɪd/

## Noun

1. A sudden attack or entry made to arrest people, seize property, or take goods by force.
   - Simple: A sudden visit by police or soldiers to catch people or take things.
   - _Federal agents conducted a raid on the suspected smuggling operation._
   - _The dawn raid netted dozens of arrests and several crates of contraband._
2. A swift, hostile incursion made against enemy positions as part of a battle.
   - Simple: A fast surprise attack by soldiers on an enemy.
   - _The cavalry's raid cut deep behind enemy lines before dawn._
   - _Commanders ordered a raid to destroy the bridge and slow the advance._
5. An attacking move or advance into the opposing side's territory during a game.
   - Simple: A push forward to attack in a game or sport.
   - _The player's raid earned three points before he was tackled._
   - _A well-timed raid broke through the defense and led to a goal._
6. A large group of players in an online game, formed from several parties working together to defeat a powerful enemy.
   - Simple: A big team of players who join together to beat a strong enemy in an online game.
   - _The guild organized a forty-player raid to clear the new dungeon._
   - _Their raid wiped twice before downing the final boss._
8. An action a streamer takes near the end of a live broadcast to send their viewers to another streamer's channel, boosting that channel's audience.
   - Simple: A way for a streamer to send their viewers to watch another streamer when their show ends.
   - _Her closing raid flooded the newcomer's chat with friendly messages._
   - _He thanked the streamer whose raid had doubled his audience overnight._
9. A coordinated event where a group of users, often aided by bots and scripts, floods an online server to damage it or harass its members.
   - Simple: A time when a group of users flood an online space to attack or annoy the people there.
   - _A coordinated raid filled the channel with thousands of junk messages._
   - _After the raid, the admins locked the server to new members._

## Verb

3. To carry out a sudden attack on a place in order to make arrests, seize goods, or plunder.
   - Simple: To attack a place suddenly to catch people or take things.
   - _Agents raided three warehouses in a single morning._
   - _Armed units raid settlements to seize cattle and supplies._
4. To help oneself freely to the contents of something, taking whatever one wants.
   - Simple: To take food or other things from somewhere, just because you want them.
   - _He raided the cookie jar before dinner._
   - _Teenagers raid the pantry the moment they get home._
7. To entice members, staff, or players away from a rival or another group.
   - Simple: To tempt people away from another team or company so they join you instead.
   - _The startup raided its rival, hiring away half the design team._
   - _Wealthy clubs raid academies across the country for promising players._

## Origin

From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād ("a riding, an expedition on horseback, road"), the same root that gave English road. The older senses died out in Early Modern English but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century, and the sense of a swift police operation appeared later that century, perhaps influenced by French razzia.

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