foray, raid, maraud
(noun) a sudden short attack
maraud
(verb) raid and rove in search of booty; “marauding rebels overran the countryside”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maraud (third-person singular simple present marauds, present participle marauding, simple past and past participle marauded)
(intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
(intransitive) To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
(transitive) To raid and pillage.
The verb and adjective are more common as “marauding”.
• Madura, damaru, daruma
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*raud", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Marauding.] Etym: [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF. marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr. (assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of German origin (cf. Herald). Cf. Malice.]
Definition: To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. "Marauding hosts." Milman.
Ma*raud", n.
Definition: An excursion for plundering.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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