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
Your immune system sees those proteins as invaders and releases histamines to fight them off.
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Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
The best way to get ahead of the invaders is to apply a pre-emergent product before winter weed seeds germinate.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
The innate immune system acts as the body’s first line of defense, responding quickly and non-specifically to invaders using cells that release inflammatory signals.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Their work explains how immune cells, particularly T-cells, can distinguish between the body’s own tissues and harmful invaders.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
At the same time, Hanna is cutting his teeth as a rising star in the Chicago Police Department chasing an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Today, those invaders have been cleared, and more than 100,000 native saplings have grown into a lush forest cover that’s now home to sunbirds, bulbuls, geckos and chameleons.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
Quagga mussels and golden mussels, fingernail-sized invaders infesting California waterways, clog the water pumps and pipes responsible for distributing water to millions of people and vast stretches of farmland.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Tom Pelphrey stars as one of the home invaders who is knocking off a biker gang’s stash houses.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
The best way to get ahead of the invaders is to apply a pre-emergent product before winter weed seeds germinate.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
The innate immune system acts as the body’s first line of defense, responding quickly and non-specifically to invaders using cells that release inflammatory signals.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Their work explains how immune cells, particularly T-cells, can distinguish between the body’s own tissues and harmful invaders.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
At the same time, Hanna is cutting his teeth as a rising star in the Chicago Police Department chasing an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Today, those invaders have been cleared, and more than 100,000 native saplings have grown into a lush forest cover that’s now home to sunbirds, bulbuls, geckos and chameleons.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
Quagga mussels and golden mussels, fingernail-sized invaders infesting California waterways, clog the water pumps and pipes responsible for distributing water to millions of people and vast stretches of farmland.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Tom Pelphrey stars as one of the home invaders who is knocking off a biker gang’s stash houses.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invaders
Noun
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Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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All of them have been broken into by raiders over the centuries, their walls smashed or lids prised off despite once being locked shut with metal clasps.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Christopher was badly beaten by the two men, later identified as Berry and Thomas, but was able to fend off the attackers, who subsequently fled the scene.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Reports suggest the attackers attempted to use this access to demand a ransom from Discord.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Invaders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invaders. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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