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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, foray |
| Synonyms: | encroachment, impingement, incursion, intrusion, invasion, irruption, onslaught, raid, trespass |
| Main Entry: | foray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incursion, attempt |
| Synonyms: | attack, depredation, descent, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, reconnaissance, sally, sortie |
| Antonyms: | abstention, idleness, laziness |
| Main Entry: | incursion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invasion |
| Synonyms: | aggression, attack, foray, infiltration, inroad, intrusion, irruption, penetration, raid |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | invade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack and encroach |
| Synonyms: | access, assail, assault, breach, burglarize, burst in, crash, descend upon, entrench, fall on, foray, go in, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, make inroads, maraud, meddle, muscle in, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, swarm over, trespass, violate |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | invasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, encroachment |
| Synonyms: | aggression, assault, breach, entrenchment, foray, forced entrance, incursion, infiltration, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, irruption, maraud, offense, offensive, onslaught, overstepping, raid, transgression, trespass, usurpation, violation |
| Antonyms: | retreat, surrender, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | overrun |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, invade |
| Synonyms: | beat, clobber, drub, foray, inroad, lambaste, lick*, massacre, occupy, overwhelm, put to flight, raid, rout, swamp*, thrash, trim, whip |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, seizure |
| Synonyms: | arrest, assault, break-in, bust, capture, descent, foray, forced entrance, hit-and-run, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, onslaught, pull, reconnaissance, roundup, sally, shootup, sortie, surprise attack, sweep, tipover |
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, pillage |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, blockade, bomb, bombard, breach, break in, charge, descend on, despoil, devastate, fall upon, fire on, forage, foray, harass, harry, heat, inroad, invade, knock off, knock over, lean against, lean on, loot, maraud, march on, overrun, pirate, plunder, rake, ransack, rifle, rob, sack, sally, sally forth, shell, slough, spoliate, storm, strafe, strike, sweep, swoop, tip over, torpedo, waste |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | toll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | damage, deaths |
| Synonyms: | casualties, cost, expense, inroad, loss, losses, penalty, price |
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