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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
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
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
Adjective
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One’s insolent, calling him lame and old, and the other affectedly infantile, but both are exhausting in their own way.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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The government, in an insolent filing on Sunday evening, rewrote that instruction.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.—
Edward P. Joseph,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2016
Adjective
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Again, an astute grader would undoubtedly catch your brazen attempt and ding you points accordingly.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The boisterous comedian lights up the stage with sly wit and brazen confidence, conveying Moss’ righteous fury over being bottom of the office food chain.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities recently launched a campaign attacking the governor for allowing the state’s overreliance on property taxes to worsen and for seeking to slash summer work programs that assist the state’s troubled youths.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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The kidnapping culminated with Braeburn attacking Chimney (Kenneth Choi) and ultimately shot dead by Athena (Angela Bassett) — but not before exposing the missing persons detective's multiple personalities and painful past.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Outside cash is dominating the special election for a new county supervisor in the South Bay.—
Andrew Keatts,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Vancouver, meanwhile, fell short against the New York Rangers, despite thoroughly dominating play and out-chancing the struggling Rangers by a brutally lopsided margin.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Is there not a single executive somewhere at Netflix to greenlight a fresh retelling of the core Hanukkah story of pride, miracles, and determined guerilla warfare against a conquering despot?—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Then English speakers began conquering Celtic, Native American, African, Australian and other peoples, pressuring or forcing them to give up their languages.—
Ross Perlin,
The Dial,
14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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As Peggy Dodd, consigliere to her bumptious 1950s cult-leader husband, Adams tends to wear a soft smile and blouses buttoned to the neck — a picture-perfect model of mid-century femininity.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
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It’s all spanked along by one of those golly-gee bumptious holiday musical scores.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Yes, Israel as an occupying power does not have that right to self-defense.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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City sit fourth in the WSL, seven points off Champions League qualification with Manchester United occupying third place.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Invading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invading. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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