occupied

IPA: ˈɑkjʌpaɪd

adjective

  • Reserved, engaged.
  • Busy, unavailable.
  • Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
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Examples of "occupied" in Sentences

  • But in January 1861, a very different use of the term occupied the mind of Abraham
  • NEAL: That picture below with General Patton in the center was taken in occupied Berlin and the -- the flag is flying up over the U. S.-occupied zone.
  • We hear the term occupied territories when in fact they are lands that were part of Israel, s first lands, later taken in war by the ARABS and regained in 1967 after being threatened with invasion yet again.
  • It would help me if you could explicate your version of history: "We hear the term occupied territories when in fact they are lands that were part of Israel, s first lands, later taken in war by the ARABS and regained in 1967 after being threatened with invasion yet again ..."
  • I'd like to see the phrase "occupied territories" as the term used to describe the collective group of local occupy communities, locales -- whether they include hundreds or thousands of inhabitants sleeping there or dedicated people who come back each day because the occupying police forces sweep their territories every day.

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