foraying
Raiding enemy territory
Foraying is venturing out, typically for a specific purpose—raiding, exploring, or making brief excursions into unfamiliar territory.
The word carries a sense of brief incursion rather than sustained engagement: She's been foraying into abstract painting lately.
Military forays are raids; personal forays are tentative explorations of new domains.
Hostile territorial penetration
- sortieArmed raid outward
- assaultViolent offensive act
- attackAggressive act against another
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
strike · infiltration · penetration · ambush · skirmish · invasion · breach · siege
Organized exploratory journey
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- excursionBrief recreational trip
- scoutingObserving to gather information
- reconnoiteringMilitary observation mission
trailblazing · pioneering · quest · journey · trek · discovery · pathfinding · prospecting
incursion
Hostile territorial penetration
offensive · strike · infiltration · penetration · ambush · skirmish · invasion · breach · siege · conquest
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
reconnoitering · trailblazing · pioneering · quest · journey · trek · discovery · pathfinding · prospecting · surveying
diversifying
Increasing variety within
- venturingTaking a risk
- dabblingShallow, casual involvement
- experimentingTesting to learn outcomes
expanding · branching · trying · sampling · testing · dipping · exploring · pioneering · breaking · entering
forayingretreating
Moving back from advance
withdrawing · pulling back · falling back · recoiling · regressing
forayingavoiding
Deliberately staying clear
fleeing · evading · shunning · abstaining · retreating
forayingstaying put
Remaining in place
remaining · standing fast · entrenching · hunkering down · settling