Invade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.
  • v. To encroach or intrude on; violate: "The principal of the trusts could not be invaded without trustee approval” ( Barbara Goldsmith).
  • v. To overrun as if by invading; infest: "About 1917 the shipworm invaded the harbor of San Francisco” ( Rachel Carson).
  • v. To enter and permeate, especially harmfully.
  • verb-intransitive. To make an invasion: "The X-rays showed that the cancer, which had invaded deeply into the chest cavity, was retreating” ( Zach Rosen).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To move into.
  • v. To enter by force in order to conquer.
  • v. To infest or overrun.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.
  • v. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack.
  • v. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
  • v. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively.
  • verb-intransitive. To make an invasion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • . To go into or upon; enter.
  • To enter or penetrate into as an enemy; go or pass into or over with hostile intent, as in a military incursion.
  • Hence To come into or upon as if by a hostile incursion; make an attack upon.
  • To intrude upon; infringe; encroach on; violate: as, to invade the privacy of a family.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
  • v. to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
  • v. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
  • v. occupy in large numbers or live on a host
  • Verb Form
    invaded    invades    invading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    enter    attack    infringe    violate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blade    Cade    Crusade    Dade    Jade    Kincaid    Slade    Wade    ade    afraid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    o'erspread