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onslaught
English
Etymology
From anslaight (compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag), equivalent to on- +? slaught.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nsl??t/
Noun
onslaught (plural onslaughts)
- A fierce attack.
- Synonym: onrush
- (by extension) A large number of people or things resembling an attack.
Translations
See also
- slew
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raid
English
Alternative forms
- rade (Scotland)
Etymology
From Scots raid (obsolete after Middle English but revived in the 19th-century by Walter Scott), from Old English r?d. Doublet of road.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Noun
raid (plural raids)
- (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- 1805, Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, p. 109:
- Marauding chief! his sole delight / The moonlight raid, the morning fight.
- 1872, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Biology, vol. 1, p. 315:
- There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids.
- 1805, Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, p. 109:
- An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
- (sports) An attacking movement.
- (Internet) 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.
- (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
Synonyms
- (hostile or predatory invasion): attack, foray, incursion
- (attack or invasion for making arrests, seizing property, or plundering): irruption
Derived terms
- air raid, air-raid
Translations
Verb
raid (third-person singular simple present raids, present participle raiding, simple past and past participle raided)
- (transitive) To engage in a raid against.
- The police raided the gambling den.
- The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.
- (transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.
- (transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
- I raided the fridge for snacks.
Derived terms
- raider
- ramraid
Translations
Anagrams
- Aird, Dair, Dari, IARD, Irad, arid, dari, dira, riad
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d/
- Homophone: raide
Noun
raid m (plural raids)
- (military) raid
Further reading
- “raid” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- dira, rida
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid.
Noun
raid m (invariable)
- raid, incursion
- long-distance race or rally
Anagrams
- ardi, ardì, dari, dirà, radi, rida, ridà
Romanian
Etymology
From French raid.
Noun
raid n (plural raiduri)
- raid
Declension
Scots
Etymology
From (a Northern form of) Old English r?d (“riding, road”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /red/
Noun
raid (plural raids)
- raid
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English raid, from Scots raid.
Noun
raid m (plural raides)
- raid (military)
- attempt
- long-distance race
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