Definitions for invade
ɪnˈveɪdin·vade

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To INVADEverb

   Etymology: invado, Latin.

   1. To attack a country; to make an hostile entrance.

   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.

   2. To attack; to assail; to assault.

   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.

   3. To violate with the first act of hostility; to attack, not defend.

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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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, invasum—in, in, vadĕre, to go.]

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1. Invade

   Evade vs. Invade -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Evade and Invade.

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Permeate

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

How to pronounce invade?

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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. Elayne Boosler:

   When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.

2. Beto O'Rourke:

   If the president attacks you personally, your wife, your father, how you respond is your business. But when the president attacks our institutions, this country allows a foreign power to invade our democracy, that is our business.

3. Tammam Salam:

   We are still in talks for the helicopters to be delivered at the beginning of the program rather than at the end, so that we can use missiles as soon as possible against the jihadis in the mountains, daesh (Islamic State) is present in the region of Arsal, on the Lebanese-Syrian border. If it manages to invade Lebanon, it will impose its extremism everywhere.

4. Tammam Salam:

   Daesh (Islamic State) is present in the region of Arsal, on the Lebanese-Syrian border. If it manages to invade Lebanon, it will impose its extremism everywhere.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   The bottom line is simple. Vladimir Putin... has launched an unprovoked, immoral invasion of Ukraine, no one ... should fall... for Putin's lies that the Ukrainians wanted him to invade or that he was provoked to invade.

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