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# raid

«raid» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sudden attack on a place by soldiers, ships or aircraft** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a raid, raids); verb (raid, raids, raided, raiding); noun: raider

### meaning for a pupil

1) A raid is a sudden attack on a place by soldiers, ships or aircraft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#m1)

2) A raid is a surprise visit by police to search a place or arrest people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#m2)

3) A raid is when robbers suddenly break in to steal: «a bank raid». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#m3)

4) (informal) To raid something means to take a lot from it: «raid the fridge», «raid Mum's wardrobe». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#m4)

5) (gaming) In online games, a raid is when many players team up to beat a big enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, Viking raids on monasteries like Lindisfarne, and air raids in the Second World War (the Blitz, air-raid shelters, sirens) are key ideas. In news, police raid houses. In everyday talk, children raid the biscuit tin. Phrases: «air raid», «police raid», «raid the fridge», «Viking raiders», «dawn raid».

### examples

- The Vikings raided the monastery and stole its gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#x1)
- During air raids, families hid in shelters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#x2)
- Police raided the warehouse and found stolen phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#x3)
- My brother raided the fridge at midnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#x4)
- Robbers carried out a raid on the jewellery shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#x5)
- We joined a raid to beat the dragon boss in the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#x6)
- The air-raid siren wailed across the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: raided. Sounds like «rayd». Trap: «raid» (attack) and «rayed» are rare homophones; do not confuse with «ride» or «rate».

### In the corpora

- [Raccoons are common in North American cities like Toronto, where they raid bins and nest in attics and chimneys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/8/)
- [Real bears and honey badgers raid bee nests and eat the protein-rich grubs as well as the honey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey/9/)
- [From 793 they raided, traded and settled across Europe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/5/)
- [In 793 Vikings raided the monastery of Lindisfarne in England, and this is often called the start of the Viking Age.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/12/)
- [Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.584/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «raid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.