foray

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  1. noun A sudden raid or military advance.
  2. noun A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area: an actor's foray into politics.
  3. intransitive verb To make a raid.
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  • I talked with my people and told them a foray was coming. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
  • He had brought many men with him; indeed all the survivors of the foray were now gathered on the slope nearby, two or three hundred strong. —  The Lord of the Rings
  • His heart burned for the foray, the ambush, the skirmish, the scamper, and all the haps and hazards of roving and predatory warfare The recent hoverings of the Blackfeet about the camp, their nightly prowls and daring and successful marauds, had kept him in a fever and a flutter, like a hawk in a cage who hears his late companions swooping and screaming in wild liberty above him. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
  • This foray will be a training thrust and will prove to be exciting and full of adventure, and quite a bit of hard work in some quite austere conditions. —  Marine Corps Moms
  • By the AFL's own admission, the foray will be an extremely costly long-term venture. —  Crikey » Canberra Calling
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skirmish ·  raid ·  inroads ·  excursion ·  wandering ·  depredation ·  sally ·  jaunt ·  invasion ·  expedition ·  venture ·  bombardment

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English forrai, from forraien, to plunder, probably back-formation from forreour, raider, plunderer, from Old French forrier, from forrer, to forage; see forage.

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  1. Formerly also forray, ferray; from Middle English forray, forrey, forraye; a northern form of forage, q. v.
  2. Formerly also forray; from Middle English *forrayen, forreyen; from the noun. Cf. forage, v.
 

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