Raid
Meanings and phrases
raid
- a sudden short attack; foray; maraud
- an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
raid
- enter someone else's territory and take spoils; foray into
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; bust
- take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
- search for something needed or desired
n.
- an attack by armed planes on a surface target; air attack
- Naylor died in Richmond in 1940 after an air raid.
- During World War II the tunnel served as air raid shelter.
- Examples include the Aarhus air raid and Operation Jericho.
E.g.
- This type of heavily escorted bombing raid was called a Ramrod.
- The building suffered extensive damage during a bombing raid on May 8, 1944.
- The church was affected by a fire during an Allied bombing raid on April 6, 1944.
E.g.
- 2 Group raid against the Philips works at Eindhoven.
- 487 Squadron RNZAF on a raid against a power station in Amsterdam.
- In 1106, he had partaken in a raid against the Baltic tribes in Semigallia.
E.g.
- Due to a police raid in 1962, the krewe dissolved.
- Osipova claims the heroin had been planted in a police raid.
- They were only released after a police raid on their employer's land.
E.g.
- Brody is rescued by Delta Force troops during a raid on a terrorist compound in Afghanistan.
- In July 1920, three issues of "El Comunista" were seized during a raid against IWW members at Arizona.
- Vagabov and 4 other militants were killed during a raid by the FSB in the village of Gunib in August 2010.
E.g.
- A large number of CPP cadres and Huk soldiers were captured during the raid.
- One of the diamonds on display during the raid was a pear-shaped rare blue diamond.
- Dr. Paul Carlson, an American medical missionary, was among those killed during the raid.
E.g.
- During World War II the tunnel served as air raid shelter.
- The tunnels were used as an air raid shelter during World War II.
- During the Second World War, the tunnel was used as an air raid shelter.
E.g.
- During World War II the tunnel served as air raid shelter.
- The tunnels were used as an air raid shelter during World War II.
- During the Second World War, the tunnel was used as an air raid shelter.
E.g.
- Remnants of air raid shelters could also be found in Maltat Crescent.
- City people reflected on the reality of sudden death as they huddled in air raid shelters.
- The tunnels were suggested as possible air raid shelters, but the idea was never implemented.