RAID


Meaning of RAID in English

I.

noun

1 surprise attack

ADJECTIVE

▪ daring

▪ major

▪ punitive , retaliatory

▪ dawn , daylight , night , predawn

▪ hit-and-run , surprise

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

▪ cross-border

▪ air , bombing

▪ commando , guerrilla

VERB + RAID

▪ carry out , conduct , make

bombers carrying out daylight ~s over the city

▪ launch , mount , stage

▪ lead sb in

PREPOSITION

▪ during a/the ~ , in a/the ~

Five civilians died in the ~.

▪ on a/the ~

He led his men on a cross-border ~.

▪ ~ against

The ~s against military targets continued.

▪ ~ by

The town suffered several ~s by Vikings.

▪ ~ on

air ~s 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 ~ on the building.

PREPOSITION

▪ during a/the ~

He was injured during a police ~ on his nightclub.

▪ in a/the ~

the drugs seized in last night's ~

▪ ~ by

a ~ by drugs squad detectives

▪ ~ on

~s 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 ~ on a local post office.

PREPOSITION

▪ during a/the ~ , in a/the ~

the jewels stolen in the ~

▪ ~ on

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

II.

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .