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Invade

Invade Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Invade? [v] march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" [v] penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs" [v] to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" [v] occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "cockroaches invaded my kitchen"; "Ants overran the picnic table"; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Invade: encroach upon \| infest \| intrude on \| obtrude upon \| occupy \| overrun Related Terms \| Find terms related to Invade: adopt \| advance upon \| appropriate \| arrogate \| assume \| barge in \| beset \| board \| break bounds \| break in \| break in upon \| burst in \| butt in \| charge in \| come between \| crash \| crash in \| crash the gates \| crawl with \| creep in \| creep with \| crowd in \| cut in \| edge in \| elbow in \| encroach \| entrench \| escalade \| foist in \| foray \| go too far \| horn in \| impinge \| impose \| impose on \| impose upon \| infest \| infiltrate \| infringe \| inroad \| insinuate \| interfere \| interlope \| interpose \| intervene \| intrude \| inundate \| irrupt \| know no bounds \| make a raid \| make an inroad \| obtrude \| overrun \| overspread \| overstep \| overstep the bounds \| overswarm \| overwhelm \| plague \| play God \| press in \| pretend to \| push in \| put on \| put upon \| raid \| ravage \| rush in \| scale \| scale the walls \| seize \| slink in \| slip in \| smash in \| sneak in \| squeeze in \| steal in \| storm \| storm in \| swarm \| swarm with \| take by storm \| take over \| throng in \| thrust in \| transgress \| trench \| trespass \| usurp \| work in \| worm in See Also \| assail \| attack \| come in \| enter \| foray into \| get in \| get into \| go in \| go into \| infest \| inhabit \| interpenetrate \| move into \| occupy \| overrun \| permeate \| raid Invade In Webster's Dictionary \Invade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Invading}.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See {Wade}.] 1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. --Spenser. 2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain. Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. --Milton. 3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people. 4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue. Syn: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See {Attack}. \Invade"\, v. i. To make an invasion. --Brougham.

Invade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Invade?

[v] march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
[v] penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"
[v] to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
[v] occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "cockroaches invaded my kitchen"; "Ants overran the picnic table"; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

Invade In Webster's Dictionary

\In*vade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invaded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Invading}.] [L. invadere, invasum; pref. in- in + vadere
to go, akin to E. wade: cf. OF. invader, F. envahir. See
{Wade}.]
1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to
   enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.]

         Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state
         of life, out of the grisly shade.     --Spenser.

2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to
   conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack;
   as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.

         Such an enemy Is risen to invade us.  --Milton.

3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as,
   the king invaded the rights of the people.

4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and
   progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.

Syn: To attack; assail; encroach upon. See {Attack}.


\In*vade"\, v. i.
To make an invasion. --Brougham.

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