"raid" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Every so often, they would stage a lightning raid across the border.
- Alexias was commissioned to lead a small body of cavalry into the desert on a lightning raid.
- The administration may be considering using commando units to make lightning raids against terrorist camps at night.
- But then they seemed to make progress, arresting some of Aidid's lieutenants in lightning raids.
- I know it was a lightning raid, and you had no opportunity to do more than spike them.
- He sent out small bands on lightning raids.
- "My best men were killed and our security people were captured in a lightning raid that was totally unexpected."
- So he planned a lightning raid on the godfather's own fortress by daylight.
- Cheney yesterday was calling Obama a wimp for not doing a lightning raid to get the spyplane back.
- Of course the lightning raids were carried out by criminals.
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