gate-crashed

verb

past tense of gate-crash
as in invaded

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  1. invaded
  2. infiltrated
  3. intruded
  4. encroached
  5. trespassed
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  • President Joe Biden deployed 180 million barrels to address energy market volatility after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In 1940, when France was invaded once again, Monnet went further and suggested a Franco-British union.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of invaded
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  • The near-tangible odor has infiltrated every corner of Alicia Naranjo’s home, which is six houses down from the warehouse.
    — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Still, bits and pieces of the avant-garde dream infiltrated the mainstream.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Definition of infiltrated
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  • If the bill becomes law and the county challenges it, Pio Roda said county attorneys could argue that the state had improperly intruded into a local matter.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • So the familiarity of my story with John sometimes intruded into what was supposed to be this fairy tale.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
Definition of intruded
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  • In what his dad (Ed Harris) calls the decline of humanity, the club is being encroached on by pickleballers clamoring for more courts.
    — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But the somatosensory cortex, the touch cortex, has like encroached upon it.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of encroached
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  • Since then, no one has been cited, trespassed or arrested for bringing weapons into the park, city and police officials told the Orlando Sentinel.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026
  • How the climbing couple got past security Prosecutors told the judge on July 2 that the defendants had trespassed overnight in the building before making the climb.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of trespassed
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“Gate-crashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashed. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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