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noun surprise attack ADJ. daring | destructive, heavy, major | punitive, retaliatory, revenge | dawn, daylight, night | border, cross-border | air, bombing | commando, guerrilla VERB + RAID carry out, conduct, make bombers carrying out daylight raids over northern France | launch, mount, stage | lead sb in | suffer PREP. during/in a/the ~ Five civilians died in the raid. | on a/the ~ He led his men on a cross-border raid. | ~ against The raids against Norway continued. | ~ by The town suffered several raids by Vikings. | ~ on air raids on Liverpool robbery from a building ADJ. bank, post office, shop | armed, smash-and-grab | dawn, daylight, night | daring VERB + RAID plan | carry out | foil Two customers have foiled a smash-and-grab raid on a local shop. PREP. during/in a/the ~ the jewels stolen in the raid | ~ on She was shot during an armed raid on a security van. surprise visit by the police ADJ. dawn, early morning | police | drug/drugs VERB + RAID carry out, launch, stage Police staged an early morning raid on the premises. PREP. during a/the ~ He was injured during a police raid on his nightclub. | in a/the ~ the drugs seized in last night's raid | ~ by a raid by drugs squad detectives | ~ on raids on houses in Catholic areas of the city
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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raid
verbs
make a raid
• Pirates often made daring raids on the port.
carry out a raid
(= make a raid )
• They were encouraged by the French king to carry out raids upon English ships.
launch a raid
(= start a raid )
• Rebel forces launched cross-border raids.
take part in a raid
• They took part in various raids, including the bombing of Cologne in 1942.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + raid
an air raid
(= when bombs are dropped from planes )
• His parents were killed in an air raid.
a bombing raid
• Bombing raids had destroyed most of the country's oil refineries.
a commando raid
(= a raid by specially trained soldiers )
• There had been two unsuccessful British commando raids.
a guerrilla raid
(= a raid by a small unofficial military group )
• From their base in the rainforest they staged guerilla raids on Nicaragua.
a night raid
(= an attack that takes place at night )
• The night raids were almost non-stop.
a cross-border raid
(= across a border between two countries )
• Cross-border raids into Kenya last year caused a serious diplomatic conflict.
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