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
Ukraine can’t trademark its hatred of Russian invaders.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
That report found that there was indeed quite a bit of difference in how men and women respond to bacterial and viral invaders.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
This involves creating antibodies, proteins that attack foreign invaders.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
There are crop destroyers, kitchen invaders, and insects that defend themselves with an unpleasant sting.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
When foreign particles show up in the bloodstream, a space that is ostensibly sterile, immune cells immediately recognize them as invaders.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
But in the 12th century invaders arrived from the larger island to the east, marking the beginning of 800 years of English domination.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
Where the heart was concerned, the invaders were unsuccessful.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
That report found that there was indeed quite a bit of difference in how men and women respond to bacterial and viral invaders.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
This involves creating antibodies, proteins that attack foreign invaders.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
There are crop destroyers, kitchen invaders, and insects that defend themselves with an unpleasant sting.
—Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
When foreign particles show up in the bloodstream, a space that is ostensibly sterile, immune cells immediately recognize them as invaders.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
But in the 12th century invaders arrived from the larger island to the east, marking the beginning of 800 years of English domination.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
Where the heart was concerned, the invaders were unsuccessful.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Invaders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invaders. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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