raid

raid
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noun
1 surprise attack
ADJECTIVE
▪ daring
▪ major
▪ punitive, retaliatory
▪ dawn, daylight, night, predawn
▪ hit-and-run, surprise
▪

Guerrillas were carrying out hit-and-run raids on the troops.

▪ cross-border
▪ air, bombing
▪ commando, guerrilla
VERB + RAID
▪ carry out, conduct, make
▪

bombers carrying out daylight raids over the city

▪ launch, mount, stage
▪ lead sb in
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the raid, in a/the raid
▪

Five civilians died in the raid.

▪ on a/the raid
▪

He led his men on a cross-border raid.

▪ raid against
▪

The raids against military targets continued.

▪ raid by
▪

The town suffered several raids by Vikings.

▪ raid on
▪

air raids on Liverpool

2 surprise visit by the police
ADJECTIVE
▪ dawn, early-morning, predawn
▪ police
▪ drug (esp. AmE), drugs (BrE)
▪ armed
VERB + RAID
▪ carry out, launch, stage
▪

Police staged an early-morning raid on the building.

PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the raid
▪

He was injured during a police raid on his nightclub.

▪ in a/the raid
▪

the drugs seized in last night's raid

▪ raid by
▪

a raid by drugs squad detectives

▪ raid on
▪

raids on houses in the south of the city

3 robbery from a building
ADJECTIVE
▪ bank (esp. BrE), post office (BrE), shop (BrE)
▪ armed (esp. BrE), smash-and-grab (BrE)
VERB + RAID
▪ plan
▪ carry out
▪ foil (BrE)
▪

Two customers foiled a raid on a local post office.

PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the raid, in a/the raid
▪

the jewels stolen in the raid

▪ raid on
▪

She was shot during an armed raid on a security van.

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verb
Raid is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑officer, ↑police, ↑policeman
Raid is used with these nouns as the object: ↑camp, ↑closet, ↑fridge, ↑fund, ↑larder, ↑refrigerator, ↑warehouse

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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