Attack vs. Raid
Attack and Raid Definitions
Attack
To set upon with violent force.
Raid
A surprise attack by a small armed force.
Attack
To criticize strongly or in a hostile manner.
Raid
A sudden forcible entry into a place by police
A raid on a gambling den.
Attack
To start work on with purpose and vigor
Attack a problem.
Raid
An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.
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Attack
To act on in a detrimental way; cause harm to
A disease that attacks the central nervous system.
Lawn furniture attacked by corrosion.
Raid
A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
Attack
To play (the ball) aggressively, especially by moving toward it rather than by waiting for it to arrive.
Raid
An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.
Attack
To move toward (the goal) on an offensive play, as in lacrosse.
Raid
An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.
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Attack
In volleyball, to hit (the ball) forcefully over the net.
Raid
To make a raid on.
Attack
To make a sudden, intense effort to pass (a competitor in a race).
Raid
To conduct a raid or participate in one.
Attack
To make an attack; launch an assault
The enemy attacked during the night.
Raid
(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
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Attack
To make a play on offense; attempt to score.
Raid
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
A police raid of a narcotics factory
A raid of contractors on the public treasury
Attack
To make a sudden, intense effort to pull ahead in a race.
Raid
(sports) An attacking movement.
Attack
The act or an instance of attacking; an assault.
Raid
(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.
Attack
An expression of strong criticism; hostile comment
Vicious attacks in all the newspapers.
Raid
(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
Attack
Offensive play, especially in lacrosse.
Raid
(transitive) To engage in a raid against.
The police raided the gambling den.
The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.
A group of mobsters raided an art museum and stole a bunch of paintings.
Attack
An offensive play
Two midfielders were involved in the attack that resulted in a goal.
Raid
(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.
Attack
The players executing such a play.
Raid
(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
I raided the fridge for snacks.
Attack
Scoring ability or potential
A team with a powerful attack.
Raid
A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Marauding chief! his sole delightThe moonlight raid, the morning fight.
There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations, and occasional raids.
Attack
A forceful shot over the net in volleyball.
Raid
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
Attack
A sudden, intense effort to pull ahead in a race
Waited until the last lap to begin her attack.
Raid
To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Attack
The initial movement in a task or undertaking
Made an optimistic attack on the pile of paperwork.
Raid
A sudden short attack
Attack
A method or procedure
Our attack on this project will have two phases.
Raid
An attempt by speculators to defraud investors
Attack
An episode or onset of a disease, especially an occurrence of a chronic disease
An asthma attack.
Raid
Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;
The police raided the crack house
Attack
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire
An attack of hunger.
An attack of melancholy.
Raid
Enter someone else's territory and take spoils;
The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly
Attack
(Music) The beginning or manner of beginning a piece, passage, or tone.
Raid
Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;
T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies
Attack
Decisiveness and clarity in artistic expression
A careful performance, but one lacking the rigorous attack the work demands.
Raid
Search for something needed or desired;
Our babysitter raided our refrigerator
Attack
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
Attack
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
Attack
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
Attack
The beginning of active operations on anything.
Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
Attack
(computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
Birthday attack; denial-of-service attack
Attack
(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
Attack
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
Attack
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
Attack
(medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
I've had an attack of the flu.
Attack
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
Attack
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
Attack
(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
Attack
(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
Attack
(transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
Attack
(transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
Attack
(transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
Attack
To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
Attack
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
Attack
To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
Attack
(soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
Attack
(cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
Attack
(chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
Attack
To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.
Attack
To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
Attack
To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.
Attack
To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass.
Attack
To make an onset or attack.
Attack
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; - opposed to defense.
Attack
An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.
Attack
A setting to work upon some task, etc.
Attack
An access of disease; a fit of sickness.
Attack
The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.
Attack
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);
The attack began at dawn
Attack
A sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition;
An attack of diarrhea
Attack
Intense adverse criticism;
Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
The government has come under attack
Don't give me any flak
Attack
The act of attacking;
Attacks on women increased last year
They made an attempt on his life
Attack
An offensive move in a sport or game;
They won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning
Attack
The onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent);
The film was sensitive to attack by acids
Open to attack by the elements
Attack
Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;
His approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons
An attack on inflation
His plan of attack was misguided
Attack
A decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
Attack
Strong criticism;
He published an unexpected attack on my work
Attack
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
Attack
Attack in speech or writing;
The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Attack
Take the initiative and go on the offensive;
The Serbs attacked the village at night
The visiting team started to attack
Attack
Attack someone physically or emotionally;
The mugger assaulted the woman
Nightmares assailed him regularly
Attack
Set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task;
I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed
Attack
Begin to injure;
The cancer cells are attacking his liver
Rust is attacking the metal
