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Raid

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ɹeɪd

Definitions

  1. Acronym of Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
  3. Initialism of risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
  5. An attacking movement.
  6. 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.
    Internet
  7. A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
    Internet
  8. An event involving a group of users, often using bots and scripts, who join a server to harm it or harass its members.

Equivalents

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Examples

“Marauding chief! his sole delight / The moonlight raid, the morning fight⟳.”
“There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids.”
“a police raid of a narcotics factory”
“a raid of contractors on the public treasury”
“For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come⟳ at the end⟳ one of biggest investigations carried out by the force⟳, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder⟳ of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last⟳ year.”
“The athletic Walker, one of Tottenham's more effective attacking elements with his raids from right-back, made a timely intervention after Rose had been dispossessed and even Aaron Lennon was needed to provide⟳ an interception in the danger zone to foil another attempt⟳ by the Russians.”
“Now that Twitch is making raids an official part of the platform, however, some streamers think⟳ the new feature will make⟳ it easier to participate⟳ in the positive aspects of raiding.”
“Now streamers can use⟳ a new feature that lets their viewers join⟳ a raid then drive⟳ traffic to another streamer with just a click.”
“I used the tools discord gave me to prevent⟳ raids but he somehow knows a bypass, I use⟳ bots and they do help⟳ prevent⟳ it but just having him ping 90 guys once makes people bash me for an entire hour.”
“Raids are a problem on Guilded. I have⟳ been in many servers that have⟳ been raided by a user with an account gen or even just some users looking to cause trouble⟳ and ruin the communities for us [...]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Raidah Raided Raiden Raider raider, share raider Raiders

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