What is another word for Razzia?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈaziə] (IPA)

Razzia is a word that refers to a sudden and violent raid or attack, often with the goal of obtaining something. There are several synonyms for this word, including raid, assault, incursion, descent, foray, and invasion. Each of these words carries a similar connotation of aggression and forceful entry or action. However, some of these words may also carry more specific meanings depending on the context in which they are used. Regardless of the synonym chosen, razzia and its counterparts are words that evoke a sense of danger and violence.

What are the hypernyms for Razzia?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Razzia

The custom of the Razzia or summer raid, which is still obligatory in Arabia on all men of vigour and spirit, was held in equal honour by the ancient Semitic world.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
The annual Razzia, however, is a Bedawi institution, proper to a semi-nomadic society which cultivates little and that lightly, and can leave such agricultural, and also such pastoral, work as must needs be done in summer to its old men, its young folk and its women, without serious loss.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
A number of "suspects" had already been arrested in a kind of chance Razzia, which had swept up the usual Anarchist herd, together with sundry honest workmen and bandits, illumines and lazy devils, in fact, a most singular, motley crew, which investigating magistrate Amadieu was endeavouring to turn into a gigantic association of evil-doers.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola

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