foray Antonyms

Meaning of foray

Wordnet

foray (n)

a sudden short attack

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

Wordnet

foray (v)

steal goods; take as spoils

briefly enter enemy territory

Webster

foray (n.)

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

Webster

foray (v. t.)

To pillage; to ravage.

foray Sentence Examples

  1. The hikers embarked on a daring foray into the untamed wilderness.
  2. The historian embarked on a literary foray into Victorian-era literature.
  3. The artist made a brief foray into abstract expressionism.
  4. The company's foray into e-commerce proved successful.
  5. The detective made a perilous foray into the underworld to gather evidence.
  6. The scientist ventured on a scientific foray to study the remote Antarctic.
  7. The expedition was a successful foray into uncharted territory.
  8. The entrepreneur's foray into the tech industry was met with mixed results.
  9. The critic made a critical foray into the realm of contemporary poetry.
  10. The mountaineer's foray to the summit was a thrilling but perilous experience.

FAQs About the word foray

a sudden short attack, an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence), steal goods; take as spoils, briefly enter enemy territoryA sudde

invasion,incursion, raid,inroad, rush, strike, assault, onslaught, descent, irruption

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The hikers embarked on a daring foray into the untamed wilderness.

The historian embarked on a literary foray into Victorian-era literature.

The artist made a brief foray into abstract expressionism.

The company's foray into e-commerce proved successful.