invaded
in-VAY-did/ɪnˈveɪdɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of invade.
The empire invaded its weaker neighbors one after another.
The coastal region was invaded several times over the centuries.
Note
One spelling does double duty. In "the troops invaded" it is the simple past, and in "they have invaded" or "the town was invaded" it is the participle after have and be. Because invade nearly always takes an object, the passive comes easily. It carries every sense of the verb: a country invaded by an army, a kitchen invaded by ants, privacy invaded by a stranger's questions.
invaded is a form of invade
invade, verb: To enter a territory by force, usually in order to conquer it. Full entry
- Spelling
- invade → invaded: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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