foray
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈfɔːreɪ/
:
incursión
- Parties of ex-cops and ex-national guards began making forays into the ruins for food and materials.
Examples
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During their foray into the neighboring country, the troops surprised the opposition forces.
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The explorers made a brief foray into the jungle to collect samples of rare plants.
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Darran made a quick foray into the woods and found it even darker in there.
Fiction book (1999) -
Children accompanied their parents in food forays and aimed to obtain food whether through hunting, fishing, or producing crops.
Academic text (1992) -
We made occasional forays into each other's territory, and such visits were always unfailingly pleasant.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Assyrians did make occasional forays into northwestern Iran, focusing on what is now Iranian Kurdistan.
Academic text (2007) -
Guatemalan troops occupied this village and created a temporary outpost there for further forays into the rainforests of the Ixcn.
Academic text (2003) -
The soldiers conducted a foray into enemy territory to gather intelligence.
Synonyms
373
4.9
A sudden attack by police or soldiers on a place
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8.2
A sudden short attack into enemy land
1
8.3
A sudden armed attack into enemy land to take control or steal goods
To leave a defensive position to make a sudden attack
Antonyms
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Foray began as a name for a quick raid to take goods, coming from old French words that meant 'sudden attack'. So a foray still means a brief attack or a short trip to get something.