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 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 The verdict against Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of the Yabloko party, was another step by the Kremlin to stifle dissent since Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. — CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 Klitschko’s pride for his home country of Ukraine heightened when Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded the country in 2022. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026 Life in wartime for Panettiere’s daughter was certainly not easy — not least because Wladimir enlisted in the Ukrainian army during the all-hands moment when Russia invaded in 2022. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 The fast-food restaurant in Kyiv’s Lukianivka neighborhood has withstood at least nine bombardments since Russia invaded Ukraine four and a half years ago. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026 Cambodia’s archenemy was neighboring Vietnam, which eventually invaded to oust the Khmer Rouge in 1979. — ABC News, 16 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

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That summer, Detroit was paralyzed by a violent uprising, which erupted after the city’s predominantly white police force raided a night club in a Black neighborhood.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Court records show that only one of the suits, on behalf of a woman and three children whose apartment was allegedly raided three separate times, remains open.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of raided

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The Syrian civil war, which started in 2011, killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions more and has ravaged the country’s economy.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
The region ravaged by the quakes is also scarred by floods that, by some estimates, left as many as 30,000 people dead in 1999.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of ravaged

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Domestically, the group dominated the awards circuit during their rookie year – earning the Next Generation Award at the 2026 Golden Disc Awards.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The pharmaceutical giant has sought out new avenues of success with cancer-treatment drugs and to catch up with its competitors, which have dominated the market for weight-loss medications.

— Sam Jacobs, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of dominated

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Evidence publicly presented in the Clancy case indicates Lindsay was the only adult at the family home when investigators believe the children were attacked.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The Defense Ministry in Bucharest said that so far this year, Russia had attacked targets close to Romania's frontier 54 times, representing a significant increase on the 28 attacks close to the border in all of 2025.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacked

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By contrast, when the Russians conquered Polatsk, in modern Belarus, in 1563, Ivan reportedly ordered the drowning of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
The Art of Loving conquered the rankings for a month, while Messy peaked in second place on both rundowns.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of conquered

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By Israel’s calculation, Turkey occupied 5% of Syrian territory, though essentially with Damascus’s blessing and cooperation.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2026
No major injuries were reported, but a short time later the Jeep collided head on with a car occupied by four people.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026

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