raids
Swift armed invasions
Raids is plural of raid—a swift attack meant to surprise, seize, or destroy.
Military forces conduct raids on enemy positions.
Police raid locations suspected of criminal activity.
In gaming, raids are coordinated group assaults on difficult content: We're organizing raids every Saturday night.
Corporate raiders mount hostile takeover attempts.
To raid the refrigerator is to grab food impulsively, often late at night.
Stolen valuables
- pillageViolent theft of goods
- ransackPlunder while destroying
- spoilsSeized war gains
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
marauding · plundering · sacking · looting · brigandage · reaving · despoliation · piracy
Subterranean prison chamber
- bossWorkplace superior
- partyGathering for celebration
- lootStolen valuables
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
instance · multiplayer · PvE · respawn · wipe · aggro · tank · healer
Violent offensive act
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- incursionHostile territorial penetration
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- operationProcess of working
mission · commando · sortie · reconnaissance · infantry · battalion · cavalry · marines
Failure or sculpture
- arrestSeize by law
- warrantFormal authorization document
- SWATElite police squad
- stingSharp wound from insect
seizure · confiscation · surveillance · interdiction · taskforce · narcotics · vice · undercover
Assuming command of something
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
shareholder · activist · investor · greenmail · poison pill · white knight · tender offer · proxy fight
loot
Stolen valuables
booty · marauding · plundering · sacking · looting · brigandage · reaving · despoliation · piracy · Viking
dungeon
Subterranean prison chamber
guild · instance · multiplayer · PvE · respawn · wipe · aggro · tank · healer · DPS
assault
Violent offensive act
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- incursionHostile territorial penetration
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
operation · mission · commando · sortie · reconnaissance · infantry · battalion · cavalry · marines · airstrike
bust
Failure or sculpture
sting · seizure · confiscation · surveillance · interdiction · taskforce · narcotics · vice · undercover · detain
takeover
Assuming command of something
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
buyout · shareholder · activist · investor · greenmail · poison pill · white knight · tender offer · proxy fight · arbitrage
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, Norse settlers, Norse
- Viking AgeVikings, longships, Odin, Norse settlers, Thor
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
- enforcementenforcement actions, crackdown, fines, enforcement agencies, penalties
raidsretreats
Backs off or sanctuaries
withdrawals · evacuations · pullbacks · routs · surrenders
raidsdefenses
Means of protection
fortifications · entrenchments · protections · guards · sheltering
raidssieges
Prolonged military blockades
occupations · blockades · encirclements · investments · encampments
- air raidAerial military attack
- Oakland RaidersFormer California football team
- Las Vegas RaidersNevada's NFL franchise
- air raid sirenWarning horn for bombings
- air-raid sheltersStructures protecting against bombings
- raiding partiesGroups conducting sudden attacks