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occupied

occupied

4 7.0
An area controlled by a foreign army after an invasion
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/
translation icon : ocupado
  • For several weeks prior to the massacre, the atmosphere was unusually tense in the Occupied Territories.
  • the occupied territories
  • settlements in occupied territories
  • the occupied Palestinian territories

So he says on annexation of these Russian occupied areas in in eastern Ukraine.

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Examples

  • A good way to grasp what's happening to East Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories is from the air.

    Blog text (27)

  • Economist Samir Halilah estimated that the financial losses in the Occupied Territories had reached more than $130 million by mid-February.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Many found their former homes occupied or destroyed.

  • I like to support organizations working in the Palestinian Occupied Territories because they need it.

    Blog text (11)

  • While in Jerusalem, Baker also met with ten Palestinians from the Occupied Territories on 12 March.

    Academic text (1991)

  • But there is illegal Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land throughout the Occupied Territories and also within Israel.

    Blog text (12)

  • The 2002 Israeli massacre of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories has drawn intense criticism worldwide.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Before 1994, Hamas restricted its guerrilla actions to political and military targets in the Occupied Territories.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Nonetheless, the influx of Israelis into the Occupied Territories continued.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The city was heavily occupied by enemy forces after the invasion began.

Antonyms

independent
360 2.8

Not governed by another country or outside authority

unoccupied
5 3.6

Not controlled by any army during a war or conflict

Compounds

owner-occupied
1 3.5

A house or apartment lived in by the person who has it rather than by a renter

How Occupied

annexation
16 7.5
colonized
5.6
occupied
4 7.0
contested
5.3
unoccupied
5 3.6

Surface Forms

occupied positive

Morphology

occupied = occupy (transparent) = occupy + ed

The military/political sense ('taken and controlled') is a direct extension of 'occupy' meaning to take possession, so the derivation is predictable.

Etymology

Occupied comes from the Latin occupare, which means 'to take' or 'seize'. The same root gives occupy and occupation, so when an army takes control of a place that place is occupied.