RAIDING Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

raiding 1 of 2

noun

as in looting

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raiding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of raid

as in invading

to enter for conquest or plunder a fox has been raiding the chicken coop, and now we're down to eight hens

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as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise

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Recent Examples of raiding

Verb

An increasing number of Americans are raiding their retirement funds to tackle debt. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 Preventing undesirable baboon behaviour, like raiding food, is easier than trying to tackle it once it’s become engrained. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026 Turkish authorities launched an unprecedented crackdown on the country’s LGBT community on Sunday, raiding gay bars and shutting down activist organizations, in what the government said are efforts to protect Turkey’s family values. — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 On Sunday, Turkish authorities cracked down on multiple LGBTQ+ groups and individuals, detaining dozens of members, breaking into association offices and raiding popular hangouts. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 College sports’ current arms race of money, along with unrestricted transfers, is threatening to shut out rising challengers like UConn football, with rich teams now dangling lucrative offers and raiding talent like never before. — U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026 Police won’t be raiding movie theaters or restaurants in search of juveniles, according to CMPD. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026 Nearly 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes were found by police raiding Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull in March 2024. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 As soon as movies could tell stories, their makers started raiding literary classics for material. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raiding

Noun

Protests over soaring living costs have led to widespread rioting and looting that have drawn worldwide attention and shocked many French citizens.

— Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Likewise, the student protests over the weekend expanded from education to other grievances — and featured dramatic scenes of looting and clashes with police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of looting

Verb

Starlink has become especially crucial in Ukraine, which has depended on the satellite internet system for military communications and to help launch drones against invading Russia.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
The package had been meant to starve Russian President Vladimir Putin of the resources Moscow needs to continue its war in Ukraine after invading its neighbor more than four years ago.

— Will Weissert, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of invading

Verb

In July, Brown pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court for attacking a music producer with a tequila bottle on the head.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
The approval of Revolution Medicines’ pancreatic cancer drug Rasonque earlier this year showed that a medicine capable of attacking mutations in a group of genes called RAS could prolong survival for patients with the particularly aggressive cancer.

— Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of attacking

Noun

In Nolan’s telling, his deceit and plundering portend the collapse of the Bronze Age—a foreboding warning about greedy, fading empires that feels a little too relevant.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Some have traveled farther as part of colonial-era collections — as far as the British Museum — and been returned; a story unto itself about the plundering of the natural world in the age of empire, and institutions reckoning with their inheritance.

— Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of plundering

Verb

Federal prosecutors charged him with assaulting the agent, then dropped the case in February.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Stokes’ wife, former Hot 97 radio personality and employee TT Torrez, has also spoken out against the incident, issuing a statement through a representative accusing Funk Flex of physically assaulting her during the altercation with her husband.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of assaulting

Noun

Miami-Dade court records indicate Pollard violated probation in 2002 in the robbery and burglary case that led to his two life sentences.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
The girls sometimes lived with their grandmother or an aunt, other times with their mother and Lasha’s father, who was a part of the sisters’ lives on and off until he was convicted of armed bank robbery in 2003.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbery

Verb

Protests last week devolved into mayhem, with people setting fires, storming public buildings, smashing shop windows, looting and clashing with police.

— ELITSA GADEVA, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Only rarely do the dignified characters allow their emotions to come storming out.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of storming

Noun

Homer may have viewed Odysseus’s deceit and pillaging as glorious.

— Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Taking the Scenic Route Home After their successful sneak-attack pillaging of Troy, Odysseus’ comrade Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and his men pack up and head back to Sparta.

— Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of pillaging

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