INVADED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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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

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Efforts to bring the outbreak under control — from limited public gatherings to social distancing and airport closures — have disrupted life in the six affected provinces, particularly Ituri, which has been ravaged by rebel violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
In a world that’s been ravaged by a virus, with many living on the skids, survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

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For years, conversations about the housing crisis were dominated by debates over affordability, zoning, financing, and neighborhood character.

— David Schwartz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington flew under the radar on Sunday as the hullabaloo between Enes Kanter Freedom and Natasha Cloud dominated the headlines following the Sky’s loss to the Indiana Fever.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
Not long after Bungalow 8 opened, the World Trade Center was attacked.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacked

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The Israeli military seized a 400 square kilometer buffer zone inside Syria after the 2024 collapse of the Assad regime and has occupied it since.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination — a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more.

— Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

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