RAID

Raid

Raid, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold terrain, but instead finish with the raiding force quickly retreating to a previous defended position prior to enemy forces being able to respond in a co-ordinated manner or formulate a counter-attack. Within the tactical mission, a raiding group may consist of personnel specially trained in this tactic, regular soldiers, or any organized group of combatants.

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raid

Noun

  1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
  2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
  3. A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
  4. An attacking movement.

Verb

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


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