as in raiders
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 invaders
The strongest warriors slept in the rooms closest to the doors to protect the community from invaders.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Yet we are also invited to see the Trojans, not the native Italians, as the eastern, luxury-loving imperialist invaders who oppress a noble rustic people.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
If the immune system is like the body’s bloodhound, tracking down invaders, then many newer vaccine technologies that target specific antigens present the bloodhound with just the pieces of the invader’s clothes that are most helpful to it.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
Ukraine is fighting valiantly against its invaders and is deserving of our steadfast support along with our NATO allies.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
With such a long list of items, anything’s fair game to these little invaders.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
The field will include two invaders — Take A Breath, an English-bred making her first American start for trainer Mark Glatt; and Lush Lips, winner of the $200,000 Tepin Stakes at Churchill Downs.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
No one's especially smart in this universe, and the only thing that separates the alien invaders from humanity is millennia of evolution and tech advancements.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Illegal immigrants are foreign invaders.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Yet we are also invited to see the Trojans, not the native Italians, as the eastern, luxury-loving imperialist invaders who oppress a noble rustic people.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
If the immune system is like the body’s bloodhound, tracking down invaders, then many newer vaccine technologies that target specific antigens present the bloodhound with just the pieces of the invader’s clothes that are most helpful to it.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
Ukraine is fighting valiantly against its invaders and is deserving of our steadfast support along with our NATO allies.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
With such a long list of items, anything’s fair game to these little invaders.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
The field will include two invaders — Take A Breath, an English-bred making her first American start for trainer Mark Glatt; and Lush Lips, winner of the $200,000 Tepin Stakes at Churchill Downs.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
No one's especially smart in this universe, and the only thing that separates the alien invaders from humanity is millennia of evolution and tech advancements.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Illegal immigrants are foreign invaders.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invaders
Noun
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Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The raiders kill many vault residents and kidnap her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), so the sheltered Lucy sets out on a quest to find him.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Instead of drowning in alerts or chasing attackers who are already inside the network, predictive systems aim to use machine learning, behavioral analysis and data mapping to forecast where vulnerabilities exist and which risks matter most.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The trend shows that attackers can leverage emerging AI during the hacking process, including attack scenario planning, malware development, building their tools and to impersonate job recruiters, said Mun Chong-hyun, director at Genians.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Invaders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invaders. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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