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forays
 
Noun foray has 2 senses
  1. foray, raid, maraud - a sudden short attack
    --1 is a kind of penetration, incursion
    --1 has particulars: air raid, air attack; swoop
    Derived form: verb foray2
  2. foray - an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"
    --2 is a kind of     attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Verb foray has 2 senses
  1. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
    --1 is one way to take
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. foray - briefly enter enemy territory
    --2 is one way to     penetrate, perforate
    Derived form: noun foray1
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
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