RAIDED Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

raided

verb

past tense of raid

as in invaded

to enter for conquest or plunder a fox has been raiding the chicken coop, and now we're down to eight hens

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to take sudden, violent action against the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise

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Recent Examples of raided Thieves on Thursday raided the Treasure of Villena -- one of the greatest Bronze Age gold collections -- at a museum in the Spanish city of Villena, taking most of the 50-plus mainly gold bracelets, bowls, bottles and other items on display. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Mundubile, who rejected the election result as neither free nor fair, had been in hiding since security forces raided his Lusaka home during the election period. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Agents then raided the Wynwood apartment and found 540 kilos (almost 1,200 pounds) of cocaine, $3 million in cash, 14 firearms and more than 100 rounds of armor-piercing bullets, prosecutors say. — David Goodhue august 26, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 In 2020, Hamburg police raided Serop Simonian’s home and his Dionysos gallery; Dib was the manager of the gallery. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Kenscoff Mayor Jean Massillon said armed men raided the community late Sunday, setting fire to homes and killing residents. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 That summer, Detroit was paralyzed by a violent uprising, which erupted after the city’s predominantly white police force raided a night club in a Black neighborhood. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 Court records show that only one of the suits, on behalf of a woman and three children whose apartment was allegedly raided three separate times, remains open. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Protest leaders were arrested, police raided the homes of La Coordinadora organizers, and many activists went into hiding. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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Yaroslav Perepadya has built a life in Davis since fleeing Ukraine with his teenage son after Russia invaded their country in 2022.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Harald was just three years old when German troops invaded Norway forcing his family, along with members of the Norwegian government, to flee to neighboring Sweden.

— James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

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But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
Not long after Bungalow 8 opened, the World Trade Center was attacked.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

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Young people armed with machetes stormed the site of the funeral, forcing the team to flee and injuring one member, a representative told the Associated Press.

— Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Jerusalem — Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and seized a home while its owner was inside in the latest brazen settler attack in the area.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

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Scott and Dylan walked away from faculty members and the video production crew and and Scott allegedly assaulted her in a janitor’s closet.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public’s assistance after a man broke into a woman’s residence and assaulted her early Tuesday morning in a small Kansas town.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of assaulted

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In the lawsuit, investors alleged they were led to believe that a groundbreaking Wondermind app would be made, advertising deals would be struck, and celebrity cover stories were already underway.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
Flock currently has over 120,000 cameras active across 49 states and has struck deals with thousands of municipalities.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026

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