invaded

verb

past tense of invade
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 Yaroslav Perepadya has built a life in Davis since fleeing Ukraine with his teenage son after Russia invaded their country in 2022. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Harald was just three years old when German troops invaded Norway forcing his family, along with members of the Norwegian government, to flee to neighboring Sweden. — James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Screens have invaded our taxis, our billboards, our children’s toys, our very refrigerators. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 Iceland has never been in a traditional war and has never been invaded. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026 Just three years after Harald was born, Nazi Germany invaded the country. — Terje Solsvik, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 On April 9, 1940, Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany, forcing the royal family to flee to nearby — and neutral — Sweden. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 The president imposed martial law, which prohibits elections from being held, when Russian forces invaded the country in February 2022. — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 As such, William promptly invaded, with Pope Alexander II on his side. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invaded
  1. raided
  2. ravaged
  3. dominated
  4. attacked
  5. conquered
  6. occupied
Verb
  • Thieves on Thursday raided the Treasure of Villena -- one of the greatest Bronze Age gold collections -- at a museum in the Spanish city of Villena, taking most of the 50-plus mainly gold bracelets, bowls, bottles and other items on display.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mundubile, who rejected the election result as neither free nor fair, had been in hiding since security forces raided his Lusaka home during the election period.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of raided
Verb
  • As the portrait advances, the three men move deeper into a Europe ravaged by wars and uprisings.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Interest in Tino Livramento had been anticipated but did not come after his injury-ravaged 2025-26.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of ravaged
Verb
  • The crude market remains dominated by state producers, major energy companies, commodity merchants and large industrial consumers whose activity dwarfs that of individual traders.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • On a finite graph, crossing the critical probability means the network will become dominated by one large sea of fluid.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of dominated
Verb
  • For example, ExploitGym, a cybersecurity benchmark that was at the center of the July incident in which OpenAI’s models went rogue and attacked the company Hugging Face, was created in 2026.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In the wake of Thursday’s ruling, a chorus of Missouri Republicans have attacked the court over its decision.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • The ancient creature’s paddle-like abdominal limbs provide direct fossil evidence that insects conquered land through a prolonged semi-aquatic phase rather than an abrupt transition.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That album conquered several rankings and missed out on ruling the Billboard 200 by only one rung.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of conquered
Verb
  • But there’s plenty to keep kids occupied here from pool toys and rafts to beachside games like jenga and bocce.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
  • These ideas flew over our heads as kids, and we were mostly occupied by the pretty lights and awesome fight scenes.
    — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupied

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“Invaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invaded. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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