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1. (v.t.) invade
to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent.
2. invade
to enter as if to take possession:
to invade a neighbor's home.
3. invade
to enter and affect injuriously or destructively:
viruses that invade the bloodstream.
4. invade
to intrude upon:
to invade someone's privacy.
5. invade
to encroach or infringe upon:
to invade the rights of citizens.
6. invade
to penetrate; spread into or over:
City dwellers invaded the suburbs.
7. (v.i.) invade
to make an invasion.
Etymology: (1485–95; < L invādere=in-in -2+vādere to advance, go)
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| Definition of 'invade' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) invade, occupy
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
2. (verb) intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
"This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
3. (verb) invade, overrun, infest
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
4. (verb) invade
penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
"The cancer had invaded her lungs"
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1. (verb) invade
to enter a country to take control of it
a story about aliens invading Earth
2. invade
***to enter a place in large numbers
The kitchen was invaded by cockroaches.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) invade
to go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress
2. (verb) invade
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
3. (verb) invade
to attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people
4. (verb) invade
to grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue
5. (verb) invade
to make an invasion
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Sense: (of an enemy) to enter (a country etc) with an army
Britain was twice invaded by the Romans.
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 Afrikaans: inval |
 Arabic: يَغْزو |
 Bulgarian: завладявам |
 Brazilian: invadir |
 Czech: napadnout |
 German: angreifen |
 Danish: invadere |
 Greek: εισβάλλω |
 Spanish: invadir |
 Estonian: maale tungima |
 Farsi: تجاوز کردن |
 Finnish: hyökätä |
 French: envahir |
 Hebrew: לִפלוֹש |
 Hindi: आक्रमण करना, घुस जाना |
 Croatian: napasti |
 Hungarian: lerohan, megszáll |
 Indonesian: menyerbu |
 Icelandic: ráðast inn í |
 Italian: invadere |
 Japanese: 侵略する |
 Korean: 침략하다 |
 Lithuanian: į (kur) įsiveržti |
 Latvian: iebrukt; iekarot; okupēt |
 Malay: menyerbu |
 Dutch: binnenvallen |
 Norwegian: invadere, overfalle |
 Polish: dokonywać najazdu |
 Persian: تجاوز کردن |
 Pashto: تجاوز كول |
 Portuguese: invadir |
 Romanian: a invada |
 Russian: захватывать |
 Slovak: napadnúť |
 Slovenian: napasti |
 Serbian: okupirati |
 Swedish: invadera |
 Thai: บุกรุก |
 Turkish: istilâ etmek |
 Taiwanese: 侵略 |
 Ukrainian: вторгатися, вдиратися |
 Urdu: حملہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: xâm phạm |
 Chinese: 侵略 |
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