invade

Definition of Invade in English :

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Verb

1. invade, occupy

march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

Example Sentences:
'Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939'

occupy

2. encroach upon, intrude on, invade, obtrude upon

to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

Example Sentences:
'This new colleague invades my territory'
'The neighbors intrude on your privacy'

3. infest, invade, overrun

occupy in large numbers or live on a host

Example Sentences:
'the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North'

4. invade

penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

Example Sentences:
'The cancer had invaded her lungs'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Invade

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verb

1.

to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force

2. (transitive)

to occupy in large numbers; overrun; infest

3. (transitive)

to trespass or encroach upon (privacy, etc)

4. (transitive)

to enter and spread throughout, esp harmfully; pervade

5.

(of plants, esp weeds) to become established in (a place to which they are not native)

Invade

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verb transitiveWord forms: inˈvaded or inˈvading

1.

to enter forcibly or hostilely; come into as an enemy

2.

to crowd into; throng

tourists invading the beaches

3.

to intrude upon; infringe; violate

to invade someone's privacy

4.

to enter and spread through with harmful effects

a body invaded by disease

verb intransitive

5.

to make an invasion

Invade

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v. in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing, in·vades

v.tr.

1. To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage: The Romans invaded Britain.

2. To enter as if by invading; overrun or crowd: Each weekend, skiers invade the mountain town.

3. To enter and proliferate in bodily tissue, as a pathogen: Bacteria have invaded the lungs.

4. To encroach or intrude on; violate: invade someone's privacy.

v.intr.

To make an invasion: The cancer had invaded deeply into his liver.

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