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
Israel invaded the hospital in November 2023 and March 2024, saying Hamas worked in the area of the hospital, a claim Hamas denied.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In 2008, Russia invaded Georgia and the two fought a war that lasted only just over two weeks.
—Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Zarutska left Ukraine in August 2022, six months after Russia invaded, to escape the war.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Zarutska had come to the United States from Ukraine in 2023 to escape the Russia-Ukraine war that began when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the Eastern European country in February 2022.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Just because surveillance might cause an animal harm doesn’t mean that its privacy has been invaded.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
The president framed efforts to end the foreign war, which began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, as a matter of duty.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Squandered Opportunities for Venezuela After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration tried to induce Venezuelan cooperation with sanctions relief.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Rodnyansky started to put together footage of what would ultimately be Notes of a True Criminal.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In 2008, Russia invaded Georgia and the two fought a war that lasted only just over two weeks.
—Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Zarutska left Ukraine in August 2022, six months after Russia invaded, to escape the war.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Zarutska had come to the United States from Ukraine in 2023 to escape the Russia-Ukraine war that began when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the Eastern European country in February 2022.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Just because surveillance might cause an animal harm doesn’t mean that its privacy has been invaded.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
The president framed efforts to end the foreign war, which began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, as a matter of duty.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Squandered Opportunities for Venezuela After Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration tried to induce Venezuelan cooperation with sanctions relief.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Rodnyansky started to put together footage of what would ultimately be Notes of a True Criminal.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invaded
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Federal officials have already raided, among others, California car washes and marijuana farms, a Louisiana racetrack, a Florida construction site and a Nebraska meatpacking plant.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Garcia, a veteran community organizer with the Colorado branch of the American Friends Service Committee, travelled to Cedar Run, one of the Denver housing complexes that was raided, to record video and provide assistance.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The latest aftershocks follow two earthquakes that ravaged a nation already crushed by war, poverty and shrinking aid.—
Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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City officials hired a company to knock down the brick behemoth months after a late-night fire ravaged the building in June 2024, but what to do with the city real estate has remained unclear.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Carr had been a game warden in Northern Rhodesia (as Zambia was then called), where hunting dominated.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Much of the world's launch capacity today is used to deploy smaller communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, primarily for broadband connectivity rather than for the video broadcast market once dominated by higher-altitude geosynchronous satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tonges, who before Sunday’s game had never caught a regular-season pass, attacked the ball and gave San Francisco the lead.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The occurrences grew more aggressive over time, with the Smurls' 75-pound German shepherd getting slammed into a wall and Jack getting attacked while praying.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Deftones’ History on the Streaming Ranking Deftones first conquered the Hard Rock Streaming Songs list just last month.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Shaquille O’Neal has dominated basketball courts, conquered television screens, and built an empire that spans everything from restaurants to real estate.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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Inevitably, different players have different routines, different responsibilities, different ways of keeping themselves occupied.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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His teammates marvel at it, their explanation for how a soon-to-be 36-year-old is still playing a game occupied primarily by athletes in their early 20s.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Invaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invaded. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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