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Power missing from quickfire attack (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raid

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'attack' is the definition.
(raiding is a kind of attacking)

'power missing from quickfire' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'power' could be 'id' (id is a kind of power) and 'id' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ra' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for raid that I've seen before include "Rifle" , "Invasion" , "Maraud" , "Assault, attack" , "Stock Exchange activity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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