raid

noun6

1. •
   a sudden attack on a place by a group who force their way in to take things or catch people
2. •
   A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

   • Marauding chief! his sole delight / The moonlight raid, the morning fight. — 1805
3. •
   An attacking movement.
4. •
   An event involving a group of users, often using bots and scripts, who join a server to harm it or harass its members.

   • I used the tools discord gave me to prevent raids but he somehow knows a bypass, I use bots and they do help prevent it but just having him ping 90 guys once makes people bash me for an entire hour. — 2022
5. •
   (Internet) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
6. •
   (Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

   • Now that Twitch is making raids an official part of the platform, however, some streamers think the new feature will make it easier to participate in the positive aspects of raiding. — 2017

verb3

1. •
   To engage in a raid against.

   • The police raided the gambling den.
   • The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.
2. •
   To lure from another; to entice away from.
3. •
   To indulge oneself by taking from.

   • I raided the fridge for snacks.

noun2

1. •
   Acronym of Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks.
2. •
   Initialism of risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.