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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
	Raid \Raid\ (r[=a]d), n. [Icel. rei[eth] a riding, raid; akin to
   E. road. See Road a way.]
   1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion
      of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry
      force; a foray.
      [1913 Webster]

            Marauding chief! his sole delight
            The moonlight raid, the morning fight. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
      [1913 Webster]

            There are permanent conquests, temporary
            occupations, and occasional raids.    --H. Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: A Scottish word which came into common use in the
         United States during the Civil War, and was soon
         extended in its application.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests,
      seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police
      upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public
      treasury. [Colloq. U. S.]
      [1913 Webster]

	



Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
	Raid \Raid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raided; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Raiding.]
   To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the
   border counties.
   [1913 Webster]

	



Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
	raid
     n 1: a sudden short attack [syn: foray, maraud]
     2: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
     v 1: search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;
          "The police raided the crack house" [syn: bust]
     2: enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates
        raided the coastal villages regularly" [syn: foray into]
     3: take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of
        its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
     4: search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter
        raided our refrigerator"

	



Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
	104 Moby Thesaurus words for "raid":
   air attack, air raid, air strike, assault, attack, banditry,
   bear raid, blitz, board, boarding, brigandage, brigandism,
   bull raid, bust, corner, corner in, depredate, depredation,
   descend upon, despoil, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation,
   devastate, direption, escalade, expedition, fire raid, fleece,
   forage, foraging, foray, freeboot, freebooting, gut, harass, harry,
   incursion, inroad, inundate, invade, invasion, irruption, loot,
   looting, make a raid, make an inroad, manipulation, maraud,
   marauding, monopoly, onset, onslaught, overrun, overswarm,
   overwhelm, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plundering, pounce upon,
   prey on, raiding, ransack, ransacking, rape, rapine, ravage,
   ravagement, ravaging, raven, ravish, ravishment, razzia, reive,
   reiving, rifle, rifling, rigging, rob, sack, sacking, sally,
   saturation raid, scale, scale the walls, scaling, set upon,
   shuttle raid, sortie, spoil, spoiling, spoliate, spoliation, storm,
   strip, surprise attack, sweep, swoop down on, swoop down upon,
   take by storm, wash sale, washing, waste

	



Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
	RAID
     Redundant Array of Independent / Inexpensive Disks (HDD, RAID)

	



Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
	RAID
     
        Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks

	

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