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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of invade.

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Examples

  • The fact is that when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuweit, Europeans and Arab countries would have been incapable of dealing with Saddam Hussein alone.

    Matthew Yglesias » Defense Spending in Europe 2010

  • Then today, Feb. 27, 2009, I discovered that ants had once again invaded the clothes on our bamboo shelves.

    Creatures Will 2009

  • In their case Stalin invaded the country on that date and despite flagging by the State Department Obama chose that date to deliver what to Poles was bad news.

    Contemporary Mythologies 2009

  • But the restive population is chafing under the yoke of Brussels rule, and is finally invaded from the continent by shock troops arriving via Eurostar.

    Linkspam for 21-7-2009 nwhyte 2009

  • Then today, Feb. 27, 2009, I discovered that ants had once again invaded the clothes on our bamboo shelves.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Will 2009

  • Pulling out of territory (Gaza) or a country (Lebanon) that you have already invaded is not “peace”, nor is it trading land for peace.

    End of the Year Carnage & Absurdity in Gaza « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • A week before Hussein invaded Kuwait, the administration vociferously opposed legislation that would have conditioned US assistance to Iraq on a commitment not to use chemical weapons and to stop the genocide against the Kurds.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • A week before Hussein invaded Kuwait, the administration vociferously opposed legislation that would have conditioned US assistance to Iraq on a commitment not to use chemical weapons and to stop the genocide against the Kurds.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • But months into our studies Saddam Hussein invaded the neighboring country, Kuwait.

    Engaging Iraq: mobilizing the unexpected to the unengaged 2007

  • Was Iraq this violent before the United States and Great Britain invaded?

    Think Progress » Tony Snow Attacks President Carter 2006

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