as in invaders
one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause
villagers lived in constant fear of the raiders, who captured their women and children and sold them into slavery
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Recent Examples of raiders
Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Sossamon).
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Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Out of all 32 teams in the League, the Las Vegas raiders get the first pick of the draft, with the New York Jets to follow.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Apr. 2026
The Vikings were raiders, pirates, traders, explorers, and colonizers who traveled far beyond their homeland in Scandinavia between the 9th and 11 centuries.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Idaho’s pest management programs traditionally deal with agrarian problems, like noxious weeds, or agricultural raiders like pocket gophers, marmots or voracious insects.
—Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
His comfortable life as a deacon’s son was disrupted at the age of 16 when he was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders, spending the next years as a shepherd on a remote, often freezing hillside.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Out of all 32 teams in the League, the Las Vegas raiders get the first pick of the draft, with the New York Jets to follow.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Apr. 2026
The Vikings were raiders, pirates, traders, explorers, and colonizers who traveled far beyond their homeland in Scandinavia between the 9th and 11 centuries.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Idaho’s pest management programs traditionally deal with agrarian problems, like noxious weeds, or agricultural raiders like pocket gophers, marmots or voracious insects.
—Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
His comfortable life as a deacon’s son was disrupted at the age of 16 when he was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders, spending the next years as a shepherd on a remote, often freezing hillside.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raiders
invaders
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So if such a pathogen stages an attack after immunization, those immune cells will be able to recognize the invaders quickly and destroy them.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Even one drink of alcohol damages the immune system, lowering its ability to battle invaders within 20 minutes of consumption.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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“Raiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raiders. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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