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raz⋅zi⋅a

  [raz-ee-uh]
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–noun
a plundering raid.
Origin:
1835–45; < F < Ar (Algerian) ghāzya military raid, var. of Ar ghazwah
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raz·zi·a   (rāz'ē-ə)   
n.  A plundering raid.

[Arabic dialectal ġazya, from Arabic ġazwa, raid, military attack, from ġazā, to raid; see ġzw in Semitic roots.]
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