raid - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • bungle: Anger mounting at bungled police raid ANGER IS still mounting at the police dawn raid in Forest Gate.
  • mount: The most terrifying was probably the chevauchée, or mounted raid, carried out by the English.

Adjective modifier

  • daring: Story of the daring raids that saw the award of 11 Victoria Crosses.
  • nightly: On 23 August came the start of the Blitz, building up to a terrible autumn of heavy, nightly raids.
  • smash-and-grab: Frustration was the order of the day as Halesowen went top following their smash-and-grab raid for the points.
  • allied: His first rocket launching base - the Blockhaus north of Saint-Omer - had been crippled by Allied bombing raids.

Modifies a noun

  • siren: Air raid sirens rang in Basra city around the time of the attack.
  • shelter: There were a lot of air raid shelters around the village.
  • warden: Air raid wardens were recruited from men too old to fight at the front.
  • precaution: Open This page from an air raid precaution book had instruction for building an Anderson Shelter.
  • warning: Return to the top of the page Jul 1939 Government issues advice on air raid warnings The Government issued advice about air raid warnings.

Noun used with modifier

  • bombing: The first bombing raid against Tokyo occurred on November 24 th.
  • dawn: The men were arrested in the dawn raids on Tuesday.
  • air: Due to the air raids, business has suffered here in the Coconut Grove " .
  • Viking: The first Viking raid was on Lindisfarne, recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
  • anti-terror: The police watchdog is to conduct a second inquiry into Scotland Yard's controversial Forest Gate anti-terror raid, it has been confirmed.
  • daylight: US air force began daylight raids on Berlin March 4, 1944.

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