assault vs raid

assault

noun
  • A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc. 

  • A non-competitive combat between two fencers. 

  • A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like 

  • An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon). 

  • An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing. 

  • The tort whose action is such an act. 

  • The crime whose action is such an attempt. 

verb
  • To threaten or harass. 

  • To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail. 

raid

noun
  • An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering. 

  • A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. 

  • An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers. 

  • A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy. 

  • An attacking movement. 

verb
  • To engage in a raid against. 

  • To lure from another; to entice away from. 

  • To indulge oneself by taking from. 

How often have the words assault and raid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )