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invaded

  • past participle
    of invade.
    invade
    verb (used with object)
    to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent.
  • past tense form
    of invade.
    invade
    verb (used with object)
    to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent.

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Joe Luc Barnes, a British journalist, was living in Moscow when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The company ground through a number of challenges: the subsequent inflationary spike that dinged real-wage growth, a financial scare when Mejuri’s primary bank, Silicon Valley Bank, collapsed, and diamond-market shock after Russia invaded Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Despite many international cooperation agreements falling apart after Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022, the United States and other ISS partners have continued working with Russia on the space station.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Russia was invaded by the Nazis in World War Two, and the country's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman was among who criticised the planned shows.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

All we were taught was that in 1939 Hitler invaded Poland and in 1941 he invaded the Soviet Union and in 1943 he did something else.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah