forays

Meaning of forays

plural noun
  1. a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.
    the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp
verb, 3rd person present
  1. make or go on a foray.
    the place into which they were forbidden to foray

Middle English: back-formation from forayer ‘a person who forays’, from Old French forrier ‘forager’, from fuerre ‘straw’ (see forage).

Information about forays

  • The singular form of forays is: foray.
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Hyphenation of forays

for-ays

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • forays is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

forays synonyms

Meaning a rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces:

raid

Meaning an aggressive and violent act against a person or place:

attack

Meaning a military attack or raid on an enemy position:

assault

Meaning an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one:

incursion

Meaning a swooping or snatching movement or action:

swoop

Meaning a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer:

strike

Meaning a headlong rush forward, typically in attack:

charge

Meaning an attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence:

sortie

Meaning a sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a sortie:

sally

Meaning a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people:

rush

Meaning a surging rush forward:

onrush

Meaning a military attack in force:

push

Meaning a forceful attack or effort:

thrust

Meaning a fierce or destructive attack:

onslaught

Meaning an attacking military campaign:

offensive

Meaning a continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles:

bombardment

Meaning an intensive or sudden military attack:

blitz

Meaning an organized course of action to achieve a goal:

campaign

Meaning the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant:

onset

Anagrams of forays

forsay

Words that rhyme with forays

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