Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb raid

4 senses of raid

Sense 1
raid, bust -- (search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house")
       => attack, assail -- (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week")

Sense 2
foray into, raid -- (enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly")
       => intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon -- (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy")

Sense 3
raid -- (take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies")
       => assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate -- (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died")

Sense 4
raid -- (search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator")
       => search -- (subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys")

Antonyms of adj raiding

1 sense of raiding

Sense 1
marauding, predatory, raiding -- (characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party")

INDIRECT (VIA offensive) -> defensive -- (intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance")

Similarity of adj raiding

1 sense of raiding

Sense 1
marauding, predatory, raiding -- (characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party")
       => offensive (vs. defensive) -- (for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons")

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