Attempt and Raid

Attempt

Attempt noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.

Usage example: several attempts on the life of the country's chief drug enforcement official

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Raid and attempt are semantically related in attack topic. In some cases you can use "Raid" instead a noun "Attempt", when it comes to topics like assault.

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Raid

Raid noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.

Usage example: an early morning raid by Federal agents took the smugglers in their hideout by surprise

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Synonyms for Raid

Antonyms for Raid

Attempt and raid are semantically related in attack topic. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a noun "Raid", if it concerns topics such as assault.

Nearby Words: raided, raider, raiding

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Related pairs

How words are described

complete	complete attempt	complete raid
original	original attempt	original raid
initial	initial attempt	initial raid
single	single attempt	single raid
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, successful, disastrous, new, final, unsuccessful, later, ill-fated, next, subsequent, last, latest, failed, recent, earlier, previous, botched.

Common collocations

run	attempt run	raid run
house	attempt house	raid house
time	attempt time	raid time
game	attempt game	raid game

Both words in one sentence

In the Ciaphas Cain novel The Traitor's Hand, Cain foils an assassination attempt, only to discover a bomb built into the aircar used in the ram raid attack.

Source: No Time To Think
Before the raid on the Alchemax labs, Laura and Bellona (an attempt by Alchemax to clone Laura that lacked her Healing Factor) disguised themselves as each other, then 'Bellona' launched a frontal attack and got machine-gunned so badly she flatlined.

Source: Waking Up at the Morgue
He died in the attempt (and was the only military Israeli fatality of the raid) and is a national hero in Israel.

Source: Colonel Badass