Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with raid in American Collocation
raid
noun
countable
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/reɪd/
big
big
heavy
large
major
massive
There was a heavy raid on Coventry, with over 400 bombers destroying a large part of the city centre.
brave
daring
Ireton led a daring raid on the Royalists’ quarters and took a number of prisoners.
causing a lot of damage
devastating
Roxanne worked in Liverpool during the devastating air raids.
done without warning, to surprise your enemy
lightning
surprise
Huge damage was done by their lightning raids on our shipping.
types of raid
air
bomber
bombing
enemy
The bridge was destroyed by the RAF during a bombing raid.
time when a raid happens
dawn
daylight
morning
night
night-time
pre-dawn
Daylight attacks gradually give way to night raids.
make a raid
carry out
conduct
execute
launch
make
mount
stage
The US airforce launched bombing raids on Basra, destroying a radar system.
be in charge of a raid
lead
He was killed in action while leading a raid on enemy trenches at Loos, in October 1916.
experience a raid
experience
suffer
On September 1, 1939, as the war broke out, Warsaw suffered the first air raids on a major city.