foray English

Meaning foray meaning

What does foray mean?

Definitions in simple English

foray Noun

— A foray is a sudden attack or incursion into an enemy's territory.

foray Verb

— If you foray, you search an area or place for something.

foray

— noun a sudden short attack

— noun an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence) scientists' forays into politics

— verb briefly enter enemy territory

— verb (= loot) steal goods; take as spoils During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

Synonyms foray synonyms

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foray English » English

raid

invasion

incursion

plunder

encroachment

ransack

pillage

intrusion

aggression

reave

maraud

loot

inroad

despoil

try

strip

rifle

attack

whirl

violation

venture

trespass

testing

take risks

take chances

storm

stick up

stab

sortie

snatch

seeking

sack

rummage

rob

rip off

ravage

pirate

pass

overrun

operation

offer

mug

irruption

invade

intrude

infringement

infringe

hold up

heist

harry

Topics foray topics

What do people use foray to talk about?

Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack

• What words refer to an attack in war?
  attack (n) assault (n) foray invasion incursion strike (n) push raid (n) offense offensive onset onslaught aggression ambush (n) sally siege sortie penetration

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Movie subtitles

You've heard the naval foray's a waste of time and metal.

My foray into burgling?

Well, actually, this'll be my first foray into the trial process.

This is so much smoother than the last foray.

Oh four days of the year we're allowed a foray - by discretion of the Crown - to gather firewood in the Long Forest.

She was adamant, absolutely adamant about, here you are. about making the initial foray by herself.

I. I don't believe we've discussed the, erm.educational issues arising from your husband's recent foray.

I hope that little foray of yours into Geekland just now is the result of heat exhaustion, and not an unpleasant side effect of all that tutoring.

They deal in mainly drugs and prostitution, but over the past couple of years they've made a significant foray into weapons.

So not your first foray. Who went in?

Lindsay also had a brief foray into what she had then hoped.

I'm a grown man. and this isn't my first foray into the big city.

Your last foray into showbiz.

Especially since my brief foray into politics didn't work out.

My foray into burgling? It netted us three forgeries.

Your foray into the opposition halfway pleases pleases me a lot and not at all.

Paolo, the latest collection is a foray into the subtleties of porcelain.

I mean, who would have thought that my foray into the hair plugs would have resulted in last month's cover story?

How wonderful it was to becomean adult, to foray into a world where people don't discriminate on looks.

That was our foray into Motown, baby.

Faring worse was the Salkinds ' next foray into the comic-book universe Supergirl starred Helen Slater as Kal-El's Kryptonian cousin.

Okay,this is my first foray into major undercover spy work, so you could ease up on the sarcasm. That would be great.

But you do not want your first foray into interplanetary relations to be a violent one.

That's why we were having dinner. We were celebrating his first foray as a producer.

You, who photographed Dorothea's one foray into the cinema, a picture that never saw the light of day.

Only wild animals foray in this dangerous place.

Here you are..about making the initial foray by herself.

Lindsay also had a brief foray into what she had then hoped. - Come back here! - would be the burgeoning fad of custom pet coloring.

Shrewd hedging. which makes me think this is not your first foray.

Hence my foray into plumbing.

His little criminal foray shines a floodlight on the entire Carlotta organization.

This is my first foray into spy work. So you could ease up on the sarcasm.

If Quinn's recent foray into electronic music has raised doubts concerning his sincerity in the past, the startling truth behind his famously clouded origins is sure to close the book once and for all on his future.

I realized my little foray into the world of darling enterprises wasn't getting me what I wanted.

LITTLE LECTURE, LEAD A FORAY OR SOMETHING.

We were celebrating his first foray as a film producer.

News and current affairs

Sixteen years have passed since Silvio Berlusconi, a blessing and a curse for the Italian people, made his first foray into the political ring.

Consider the United States Federal Reserve's foray into quantitative easing.

But who really knew much about this latest foray into a troubled region by the UN chief?

America's ill-advised foray into Iraq has further confounded the distinction between the two types of suicide bombers and created a nearly ideal breeding ground for a new generation of terrorists.