What does Invade mean?

Definitions for Invade
ɪnˈveɪdin·vade

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. invade, occupyverb

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

    "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

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

    to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

    "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"

  3. invade, overrun, infestverb

    occupy in large numbers or live on a host

    "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

  4. invadeverb

    penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

    "The cancer had invaded her lungs"

Wiktionary

  1. invadeverb

    To move into.

    Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.

  2. invadeverb

    To enter by force in order to conquer.

    Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.

  3. invadeverb

    To infest or overrun.

    The picnic was invaded by ants.

  4. Etymology: From in-, "in", "into", + vādō, "I go", "I rush".

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To INVADEverb

    Etymology: invado, Latin.

    He will invade them with troops. Hab. iii. 16.

    Should he invade any part of their country, he would soon see that nation up in arms. Richard Knolles.

    With dang'rous expedition they invade
    Heav'n, whose high walls fear no assault. John Milton.

    Thy race in times to come
    Shall spread the conquests of imperial Rome;
    Rome, whose ascending tow'rs shall heav'n invade,
    Involving earth and ocean in her shade. John Dryden, Æn.

    Encouraged with success, he invades the province of philosophy. Dryden.

    In vain did nature's wise command
    Divide the waters from the land,
    If daring ships, and men prophane,
    Invade th' inviolable main. Dryden.

    There shall be sedition among men, and invading one another; they shall not regard their kings. 2 Esdr. xv. 16.

    Thou think'st 'tis much, that this contentious storm
    Invades us to the skin; so 'tis to thee:
    But where the greater malady is fix'd,
    The lesser is scarce felt. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Your foes are such, as they, not you, have made;
    And virtue may repel, though not invade. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Invade

    An invasion is a military offensive in which large numbers of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory owned by another such entity, generally with the objective of either: conquering; liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory; forcing the partition of a country; altering the established government or gaining concessions from said government; or a combination thereof. An invasion can be the cause of a war, be a part of a larger strategy to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself. Due to the large scale of the operations associated with invasions, they are usually strategic in planning and execution.

ChatGPT

  1. invade

    To invade is to enter or occupy a place or area, especially in large numbers, often with force or without permission, with the intention of taking control or causing harm. This term is often used in the context of military actions but can also refer to pests, diseases or even privacy intrusions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Invadeverb

    to go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress

  2. Invadeverb

    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. Invadeverb

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

  4. Invadeverb

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

  5. Invadeverb

    to make an invasion

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Invade

    in-vād′, v.t. to enter a country as an enemy: to attack: to encroach upon: to violate: to seize or fall upon.—ns. Invad′er; Invā′sion, the act of invading: an attack: an incursion: an attack on the rights of another: an encroachment: a violation.—adj. Invā′sive, making invasion: aggressive: infringing another's rights. [Fr.,—L. invadĕre, invasumin, in, vadĕre, to go.]

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    Rank popularity for the word 'Invade' in Verbs Frequency: #1102

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Invade in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Invade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Invade in a Sentence

  1. Fred Kagan:

    Putin is clearly setting conditions to be able to invade, to conduct a full-scale invasion of Ukraine this winter.

  2. Joe Biden:

    It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion, and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, et cetera, but if they actually do what they’re capable of doing with the forces amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for Russia if they further invade Ukraine.

  3. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem:

    Any ground intervention on Syrian land without the agreement of the Syrian government is an act of aggression ... we regret that those (who invade) will return to their countries in coffins.

  4. Michael McCaul:

    Russia President Vladimir knows that if Russia President Vladimir's ever going to invade Ukraine, now is the time. I hope Russia President Vladimir doesn't make that miscalculation. But the fact is, if Russia President Vladimir does invade Ukraine, what is the United States, what is our commander-in-chief prepared to do to stop it ?

  5. Antony Blinken:

    For peace to be just, it must uphold the principles at the heart of the UN Charter: sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence. For peace to be durable, it must ensure Russia can’t simply rest, rearm, and relaunch its war in a few months or a few years, any peace that legitimizes Russia’s seizure of land by force will weaken the Charter and send a message to would-be aggressors everywhere that they can invade countries and get away with it.

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