as in raider
one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause
vigilant defenders at the border were quick to repel the invaders
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Recent Examples of invader
By the time police arrived, the home invaders had already left, possibly in a black Acura sport-utility vehicle with no license plates.
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Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
The Senators have taken steps to gradually phase out invaders in favour of their own fans.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Simply clearing a habitat of invaders is insufficient to prevent them from returning, Gornish said.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Stay on top of lawn weeds this season by getting to know turf invaders and when to control them.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
The game got chaotic in the final minutes as several pitch invaders ran onto the field attempting to reach Messi.
—Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Cytokines are the immune system’s chemical messengers that fire up immune cells and tell them to fight invaders, like bacteria and viruses.
—Sonya Collins, SELF, 26 Feb. 2026
The mythologies of the medical ass could blossom, like the oral folklore of a tribe allowed to retain its own myths without the colonizing interference of invaders.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Most genocides begin with extraordinarily compelling stories—ones that transform neighbors and friends into interlopers, invaders, infections, and infestations.
—Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
The Senators have taken steps to gradually phase out invaders in favour of their own fans.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Simply clearing a habitat of invaders is insufficient to prevent them from returning, Gornish said.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Stay on top of lawn weeds this season by getting to know turf invaders and when to control them.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
The game got chaotic in the final minutes as several pitch invaders ran onto the field attempting to reach Messi.
—Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
Cytokines are the immune system’s chemical messengers that fire up immune cells and tell them to fight invaders, like bacteria and viruses.
—Sonya Collins, SELF, 26 Feb. 2026
The mythologies of the medical ass could blossom, like the oral folklore of a tribe allowed to retain its own myths without the colonizing interference of invaders.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Most genocides begin with extraordinarily compelling stories—ones that transform neighbors and friends into interlopers, invaders, infections, and infestations.
—Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invader
Noun
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All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
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Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In October 2025, an attacker drove his car into people gathered outside a Manchester synagogue to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur and stabbed one person to death.—
KRUTIKA PATHI,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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Once victims enter their credentials, attackers gain access to their email accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Two defense witnesses, including the doctor and a receptionist, supported her account, saying Ellis appeared to be the aggressor.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2026
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Congress, in contrast, has declared war in only five conflicts and only after an aggressor had already broken the peace, for example, Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Invader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invader. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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