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marauding

marauding

1 8.7
A violent attack to steal things from places
  • noun
  • /məˈrɔːdɪŋ/
  • NSFW
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  • Nobody's woods belong to the first marauding party that claims them.

Vampire attacks, troll maraudings, fairy abductions of children didn't fit in neatly on a police report.

Examples

  • Vampire attacks, troll maraudings, fairy abductions of children didn't fit in neatly on a police report.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Blackened skin, multiple fractures from extensive marauding, fully retreated lips.

    Ghost Town (2008)

  • But there were two additional impediments to my merry nocturnal marauding.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I don't know much about Ma Romney, but George's family crossed the border to escape the marauding of Pancho Villa, with little more than the clothes on their backs.

    Blog text (24)

  • The villagers lived in constant fear of the marauding bandits who would raid their homes at night.

  • Historical accounts detail the marauding behavior of Vikings as they plundered coastal towns.

  • The marauding invaders swept through the countryside, taking whatever they could carry.

Synonyms

pillaging
vsmarauding
7 7.7

Taking things from places like shops during war or disaster

focuses on theft during attacks and highlights stronger aggressive intent
predation
vsmarauding
1 8.3

Attacking and robbing people or places to take their goods

stresses more the violent and aggressive nature of those attacks
ravaging
vsmarauding
1 8.7

An action that causes great damage or destruction

focuses on seizing goods and plunder rather than wide destruction
raiding
vsmarauding
5.1

To enter a place to steal things and damage property

emphasizes that these attacks are especially violent and aggressive

Antonyms

protection
974 1.0

Keeping people or things safe from harm

defense
  • US
460 1.4

Protection from attack, danger, harm, or illness

How Violent

marauding
  • NSFW
1 8.7
raiding
5.1

Surface Forms

marauding singular
maraudings plural

Morphology

marauding = maraud (transparent) = maraud + ing

This noun sense is the gerund/nominalization of 'maraud', so the meaning 'the act of raiding' follows directly from the verb.

Etymology

Marauding as a noun also comes from the French marauder, 'to roam and take things by force'. So marauding means the act of 'raiding' or attacking to steal, which is why it describes violent raids and pillage.