hit-and-run raid

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• hit-and-run — hit and runner, n. /hit n run /, adj., v., hit and ran, hit and running. adj. 1. guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, esp. a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible: a… …   Universalium

• hit-and-run — hit′ and run′ adj. v. ran, run•ning 1) guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident one has caused, esp. a vehicular accident: a hit and run driver[/ex] 2) involving or resulting from such action or conduct: hit and run fatalities[/ex] 3) spo… …   From formal English to slang

• hit-and-run — I. adjective Date: 1899 1. being or relating to a hit and run in baseball 2. being or involving a motor vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident 3. involving or intended for quick specific action or results < a hit and …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hit-and-run — /hɪt n ˈrʌn / (say hit n run) adjective 1. Also, hit run. denoting or relating to the driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident in which they were involved without stopping to give assistance or fulfil any legal obligations. 2 …  

• hit-and-run — adj. Hit and run is used with these nouns: ↑accident, ↑driver, ↑raid, ↑smash …   Collocations dictionary

• tip-and-run — adjective designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape hit and run units tip and run assaults • Syn: ↑hit and run • Similar to: ↑offensive * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective …   Useful english dictionary

• raid — [n] attack, seizure arrest, assault, break in, bust, capture, descent, foray, forced entrance, hit and run*, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, onslaught, pull, reconnaissance, roundup, sally*, shootup*, sortie*, surprise attack,… …   New thesaurus

• raid — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 surprise attack ADJECTIVE ▪ daring ▪ major ▪ punitive, retaliatory ▪ dawn, daylight, night …   Collocations dictionary

• tip-and-run — noun 1》 an informal way of playing cricket in which the batsman must run after every hit. 2》 [as modifier] (of a military raid) executed swiftly and followed by immediate withdrawal …   English new terms dictionary

• RAID — This article is about the data storage technology. For other uses, see Raid (disambiguation). RAID, an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks (originally Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks),[1] is a storage… …   Wikipedia

• Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby partof= World War I caption=British propaganda poster following the raid date= December 16th, 1914 place= Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, and Whitby, England …   Wikipedia