Synonyms for foray
ˈfɔr eɪ, ˈfɒr eɪfor·ay

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1. foray

   Synonyms:
   raid, sally, inroad, dragonade, escapade

   Antonyms:
   flight, retreat, recall, decampment, stampede

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1. foray, raid, maraudnoun

   a sudden short attack

   Synonyms:
   maraud, raid

2. forayverb

   an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)

   "scientists' forays into politics"

   Synonyms:
   maraud, raid

3. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   steal goods; take as spoils

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

   Synonyms:
   comb, disrobe, spoil, clean, discase, leach, rape, divest, violate, sack, dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, denudate, strip down, despoil, go, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, pillage, disinvest

4. forayverb

   briefly enter enemy territory

   Synonyms:
   rifle, ransack, loot, despoil, strip, pillage, reave, plunder

Matched Categories

1. • Penetrate
   • Penetration
   • Take

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1. foraynoun

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Forray.] inroad, irruption, raid, piratical invasion, hostile incursion

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1. foraynoun

   Synonyms:
   raid

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1. List of paraphrases for "foray":

   incursion

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How to use foray in a sentence?

1. Brian Kessens:

   Something tells me this isn't going to be the last foray between these companies.

2. Acting Attorney General John Hoffman:

   For many consumers, a trip to the automotive parts store can be a confusing foray into unfamiliar territory, when retailers are not transparent and accurate in their pricing, consumers suffer.

3. Rob Berschinski:

   Secretary Pompeo's speech today on the' Commission on the Unalienable Rights' loosely clothed a foray into the culture wars under the seal of the US State Department, secretary Pompeo need to ground the relationship between citizens and their government in religious terms is both antiquated and alarming. Secretary Pompeo insistence on bashing major American news organizations during a speech about America's foundational principles is cynical, if in keeping with the views of President Donald Trump.

4. Brooke Shields:

   [ My mom ] was like, ‘ Do you want to put on these jeans and do a commercial ? ’ it was going to be [ a lot of ] wordplay, or historical and literary references. There was a real intellectual spin on how they were going to produce [ the ads ]. Nobody was allowed on set. Because it was Avedon’s first foray into the commercial world. I think he was pretty nervous. Stakes were pretty high and I think there was a lot of pressure. We did multiple, multiple takes of everything.

5. Chuck Carlson:

   The market has gotten reasonably comfortably numb to this tariff stuff, they are becoming more accustomed to this being a first foray and negotiating tool.