as in raided
to enter for conquest or plunder
a superpower that had a tendency to invade and take over smaller and weaker countries
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Recent Examples of invaded
There’s Pete Carroll holding the hand of his sobbing grandson as television cameras invaded his personal space.
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Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The Northeast will thaw out from the life-threatening cold that invaded this weekend.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
Stalin invaded in November of 1939, expecting a quick takeover, but the Finns inflicted many times more casualties on the Soviets before eventually ceding 11 percent of their territory and partial control over their foreign affairs.
—Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Ukraine was invaded by Russia just days after the flame was extinguished on the last Winter Olympics, the 2022 Games in Beijing.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
Uncertain future for border area UNIFIL was created nearly five decades ago to oversee Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon after its troops invaded in 1978.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
So did that from Ukraine, where a war continues four years after Russia invaded.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Nearly half of American men ages 18 to 49 maintain an active online sports-betting account, and Vegas odds have invaded telecasts and talk shows.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Nearly four years later, Russian forces continue to grind along the front lines achieving incremental territorial gains at an extremely high cost, while Ukraine has managed to retake vast areas that Moscow initially invaded.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The Northeast will thaw out from the life-threatening cold that invaded this weekend.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
Stalin invaded in November of 1939, expecting a quick takeover, but the Finns inflicted many times more casualties on the Soviets before eventually ceding 11 percent of their territory and partial control over their foreign affairs.
—Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Ukraine was invaded by Russia just days after the flame was extinguished on the last Winter Olympics, the 2022 Games in Beijing.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026
Uncertain future for border area UNIFIL was created nearly five decades ago to oversee Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon after its troops invaded in 1978.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
So did that from Ukraine, where a war continues four years after Russia invaded.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Nearly half of American men ages 18 to 49 maintain an active online sports-betting account, and Vegas odds have invaded telecasts and talk shows.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Nearly four years later, Russian forces continue to grind along the front lines achieving incremental territorial gains at an extremely high cost, while Ukraine has managed to retake vast areas that Moscow initially invaded.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invaded
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The newspaper printed its last edition in June 2021 after police raided its office and froze its assets.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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As recently as December, police raided a gay-friendly venue in the nation’s capital, Baku, and detained more than 100 people.—
Ryan Oehrli
Updated February 6,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Niners were ravaged by injuries this past season, losing the services of some of pro football’s best players.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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For over a millennium, measles have ravaged humanity.—
Joe Wilkins Published Feb 5,
Futurism,
5 Feb. 2026
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That possibility has injected urgency into negotiations and heightened the stakes of what has become a test of legislative independence from a governor who has long dominated Tallahassee politics.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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This is markedly different from much of Holocaust literature, which is dominated by stories of survivors from elsewhere in Europe who migrated to the United States, Argentina, Canada, Israel, and other countries and who regard their places of origin and sites of their wartime experience from afar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The book's Japanese translator was murdered, and others associated with it were attacked.—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Because as Bam Adebayo attacked a second-quarter offensive rebound with seemingly nothing but open air space toward the rim, teammate Kel’el Ware had similar thoughts of contesting that same carom of that Davion Mitchell errant attempt.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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Volcker went down in history as the man who conquered inflation, laying the foundation for decades of American prosperity.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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His small band of Spaniards pulled off the impossible, and conquered the Mexica empire with alliances, superior technology and diseases.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Puerto Rico was first colonized by the Spanish from 1493 until 1898, the year that the United States occupied the country as part of the Spanish-American War.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Prop 19, passed in 2020, limited the transfer of a lower tax base only to homes that a child or heir actually occupied, and excluded rental homes.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Invaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invaded. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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