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Raid and Raven Definitions

Raid

A surprise attack by a small armed force.

Raven

A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.

Raid

A sudden forcible entry into a place by police
A raid on a gambling den.

Raven

Any of several similar birds of the genus Corvus, found in Africa, Australia, and southwestern North America.

Raid

An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.

Raven

Variant of ravin.
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Raid

A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.

Raven

Voracity; rapaciousness.

Raid

An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.

Raven

Something taken as prey.

Raid

An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.

Raven

The act or practice of preying.
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Raid

To make a raid on.

Raven

Black and shiny
Raven tresses.

Raid

To conduct a raid or participate in one.

Raven

To consume greedily; devour.

Raid

(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

Raven

To seek or seize as prey or plunder.
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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

Raven

To seek or seize prey or plunder.

Raid

(sports) An attacking movement.

Raven

To eat ravenously.

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.

Raven

(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

Raid

(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

Raven

A jet-black colour.

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.

Raven

Rapine; rapacity.

Raid

(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.

Raven

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Raid

(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
I raided the fridge for snacks.

Raven

Of the color of the raven; jet-black
Raven curls
Raven darkness
She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

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.

Raven

To obtain or seize by violence.

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.

Raven

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

Raid

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Raven

(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.
The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.

Raid

A sudden short attack

Raven

(intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

Raid

An attempt by speculators to defraud investors

Raven

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

Raid

Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;
The police raided the crack house

Raven

Rapine; rapacity.

Raid

Enter someone else's territory and take spoils;
The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly

Raven

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Raid

Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;
T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies

Raven

Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

Raid

Search for something needed or desired;
Our babysitter raided our refrigerator

Raven

To obtain or seize by violence.

Raven

To devour with great eagerness.
Like rats that ravin down their proper bane.

Raven

To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.

Raven

Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

Raven

Obtain or seize by violence

Raven

Prey on or hunt for;
These mammals predate certain eggs

Raven

Eat greedily;
He devoured three sandwiches

Raven

Feed greedily;
The lions ravened the bodies

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