garrisoned

verb

Definition of garrisonednext
past tense of garrison
as in occupied

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  1. occupied
  2. besieged
  3. blockaded
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  • Huckabee has advocated for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967, and has backed Israeli settlers in the territory.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In early 2023, Greenpeace activists boarded and occupied a Shell floating production, storage and offloading vessel while it was being transported in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupied
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  • Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West.
    Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Indeed, at a time when tropical forests and grasslands are besieged by farming, mining, and other threats, birdwatching tourism offers a real incentive to keep ecosystems intact.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of besieged
Verb
  • Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Military vehicles and local and state police blockaded the route into the town center.
    Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of blockaded
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