Foray

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  • noun. A sudden raid or military advance.
  • noun. A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area.
  • intransitive verb. To make a raid.
  • intransitive verb. To make inroads, as for profit or adventure.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ravage; pillage.
  • To engage in a foray; pillage.
  • noun. The act of foraging; a predatory excursion.
  • noun. Synonyms Incursion, Raid, etc. See invasion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
  • transitive verb. To pillage; to ravage.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
  • noun. A brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
  • verb. To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
  • verb. To pillage; to ravage.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
  • noun. a sudden short attack
  • verb. briefly enter enemy territory
  • verb. steal goods; take as spoils
    • Word Usage
    "Left off of the foray is the pony tail girl in leather chaps riding da 'hog'Yeeee Haaaa!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attempt  effort  endeavor  endeavour  penetrate  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Isadore  Moray  moray  signore  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bombardment  depredation  encounter  engagement  excursion  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    air attack  air raid  air strike  banditry  board  
    verb-form
    forayed  foraying  forays  
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