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foray
('f/O/r/eI/ )

noun (n)

  • a sudden short attack(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    maraud, raid
    source: wordnet30
  • an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)(noun.act)
    Example:
    Scientists' forays into politics.
    source: wordnet30
  • A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • steal goods; take as spoils(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip
    source: wordnet30
  • briefly enter enemy territory(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • To pillage; to ravage.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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