as in raiding
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 invading
Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
Led by Marcel Malanga's father, Christian Malanga, a Congolese political exile who ordinarily lived in Utah, the group of men attacked the home of a senior Congolese politician on May 19, 2024, before invading Kinshasa's sprawling presidential complex.
—Npr's International Desk, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Since her freshman season, Kenya changed the trajectory of RHOA with her over-the-top antics and affinity for pushing the boundaries of her castmates through verbal sparring, invading personal space, and being an overall contentious human being.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
These ants, known for their ability to detonate their own bodies, release a toxic secretion to neutralize the threat of invading predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Just Stop Oil formed in 2022 and quickly began staging attention-grabbing protests, like invading the track at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix and disrupting the red carpet at the BAFTA Awards.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Before any attempt by China to land in large numbers — possibly with the barges — the first wave of invading troops could face fierce fighting in the strait and on Taiwan.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
An air traveler took to Reddit to share a flying experience that involved a fellow passenger invading her personal space.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The climate group quickly rose to prominence after it was formed in 2022, protesting in a range of headline-grabbing ways, such as invading the track during a British Grand Prix and climbing onto gantries over a major London highway.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
Those remains still saturate the soil of the now quaint hills and regrown forests surrounding the salient that once proved so vital to preventing the invading German forces from reaching Paris.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Just a few decades later, however, historic records describe sand dunes and scrublands invading the green valleys, water shortages, and in 1578 a massive El Niño flood that nearly ended the young colony.
—Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
Led by Marcel Malanga's father, Christian Malanga, a Congolese political exile who ordinarily lived in Utah, the group of men attacked the home of a senior Congolese politician on May 19, 2024, before invading Kinshasa's sprawling presidential complex.
—Npr's International Desk, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Since her freshman season, Kenya changed the trajectory of RHOA with her over-the-top antics and affinity for pushing the boundaries of her castmates through verbal sparring, invading personal space, and being an overall contentious human being.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
These ants, known for their ability to detonate their own bodies, release a toxic secretion to neutralize the threat of invading predators.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Just Stop Oil formed in 2022 and quickly began staging attention-grabbing protests, like invading the track at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix and disrupting the red carpet at the BAFTA Awards.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Before any attempt by China to land in large numbers — possibly with the barges — the first wave of invading troops could face fierce fighting in the strait and on Taiwan.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
An air traveler took to Reddit to share a flying experience that involved a fellow passenger invading her personal space.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The climate group quickly rose to prominence after it was formed in 2022, protesting in a range of headline-grabbing ways, such as invading the track during a British Grand Prix and climbing onto gantries over a major London highway.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invading
Verb
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Simpson goes away to college, in Chicago, though not without her mother raiding her personal loan.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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Almost half of America's youngest workers are raiding their retirement accounts just to get by, a new report has found.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Beautiful, not perfect; Alex can be rude, insolent, and subject to wild emotional swings and failures of decorum and logic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The movie’s startling originality is in its spirit, its insolent ironies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
Verb
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But on an evening back in July, inordinate rainfall led to unrelenting floodwaters ravaging the lower level of Pledger’s home.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to fight wildfires ravaging the country, as southern Europe faces a wave of extreme climate events fueled by heatwaves.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Gemma reluctantly agrees to rebuild her impudent robot in a new body, and the sequel ends with an explosive showdown between Amelia and M3GAN, who nearly dies in a noble attempt to save Gemma and her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Fortunately, Snow White’s newfound enlightenment does not deny her the possibility of romance, although princes are now strictly off-limits; her love interest here is a fetchingly impudent bandit, Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who is leading a scrappy rebellion against the Evil Queen.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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At least four young men are seen attacking the boy at various points.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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When combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors – the breakthrough immunotherapy that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells – the T cells' tumor-fighting capacity was further enhanced.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His brazen effort to take over the Federal Reserve by removing a governor who has not been fully investigated nor charged with any crime is unprecedented and has congressional Republicans worried about overreach.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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The brazen goofiness is applied to the movie’s howl of terror like smiley-face stickers on a gravestone.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Would parity be more fun than the usual suspects dominating the high school football landscape every year?—
Cecil Joyce,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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But there’s arguably too much of it, dominating the film’s slightly excessive run time.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even after the company turned much of its attention towards other genres — conquering the planet with World of Warcraft — StarCraft 2 arrived in 2010 to critical and player acclaim.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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My mission in life is to empower leaders to cultivate inner mastery and empathy, knowing that true strength comes from conquering inner battles and developing a growth mindset.—
Dr. Adil Dalal,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Invading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invading. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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