word-vault/dist/data/cards/ra/raid.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "raid",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a short surprise attack on an enemy by soldiers, ships or aircraft",
            "sensetop": "raid on somethingraid against something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to conduct/launch a raid"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The air force carried out a **bombing raid** on enemy bases.",
                    "contextForm": "raid on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The raids against military targets continued.",
                    "contextForm": "raid against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guerrillas were carrying out hit-and-run raids on the troops."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He led his men on a cross-border raid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The raids against Norway continued."
                },
                {
                    "text": "bombers carrying out daylight raids over northern France"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["daring", "major", "punitive"],
                "verb + raid": ["carry out", "conduct", "make"],
                "preposition": ["during a/​the raid", "in a/​the raid", "on a/​the raid"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a surprise visit by the police looking for criminals or for illegal goods or drugs",
            "sensetop": "raid on something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were arrested during a **dawn raid**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was injured during a **police raid** on his nightclub.",
                    "contextForm": "raid on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police staged an early morning raid on the premises."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was taken into custody following a raid on the property by armed police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the stolen cash seized in last night's raid"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice", "Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dawn", "early-morning", "predawn"],
                "verb + raid": ["carry out", "launch", "stage"],
                "preposition": ["during a/​the raid", "in a/​the raid", "raid by"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an attack on a building, etc. in order to commit a crime",
            "sensetop": "raid on something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an armed bank raid"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two customers foiled a raid on a local post office.",
                    "contextForm": "raid on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was shot during an armed raid on a security van."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the jewels stolen in the raid"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bank", "post office", "shop"],
                "verb + raid": ["plan", "carry out", "foil"],
                "preposition": ["during a/​the raid", "in a/​the raid", "raid on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪd/",
                "audio": "ra/raid/raid__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/reɪd/",
                "audio": "ra/raid/raid__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a noun): Scots variant of road in the early senses ‘journey on horseback’, ‘foray’. The noun became rare from the end of the 16th cent. but was revived by Sir Walter Scott; the verb dates from the mid 19th cent."
}