foray
noun
[ ˈfɒreɪ ]
• a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.
• "the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp"
Similar:
raid,
attack,
assault,
incursion,
swoop,
strike,
charge,
sortie,
sally,
rush,
onrush,
push,
thrust,
onslaught,
offensive,
bombardment,
act of aggression,
act of war,
blitz,
campaign,
onset,
foray
verb
• make or go on a foray.
• "the place into which they were forbidden to foray"
Origin:
Middle English: back-formation from forayer ‘a person who forays’, from Old French forrier ‘forager’, from fuerre ‘straw’ (see forage).
