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invade Definition

in·vade (in vād)

transitive verb -·vaded, -·vad·ing

  1. to enter forcibly or hostilely; come into as an enemy
  2. to crowd into; throng tourists invading the beaches
  3. to intrude upon; infringe; violate to invade someone's privacy
  4. to enter and spread through with harmful effects a body invaded by disease

Etymology: ME invaden < L invadere < in-, in + vadere, to come, go: see wade

intransitive verb

to make an invasion

invade Related Forms

in·vader noun

invade Synonyms

invade

v.

  1. To enter with armed force

    force a landing, penetrate, overrun; see attack 1.

  2. To encroach upon

    infringe on, trespass, interfere with; see meddle 1. See syn. study at trespass.

invade Usage Examples

Object

  • army: Not only have the invading armies failed to find Saddam Hussein, they have created a virtual anarchy in Iraq.
  • horde: In Defense of History was well received by some London reviewers on grounds that it saw off the invading hordes of postmodernist.
  • microorganism: Enhancing our own immune response to biological agents, because our immune system is capable just to fight invading microorganisms.
  • Dane: These garrisons could defend the localities, but they could also harass any invading Danes.
  • Saxon: They were to mark the graves of some British nobles who were slaughtered by the invading Saxons under the command of Hengist.
  • Falkland: Wilbur Clough run over by ' A rusty car with a vinyl roof. ' Apr 82: Argentina invades the Falklands.

Modifying Another Word

  • illegally: POLICE today Monday July 24 and last Wednesday July 19 illegally invaded the Titnore Woods protest camp at Durrington.
  • repeatedly: Scottish armies repeatedly invaded English-held territory, defying generations of Anglo-Norman kings.
  • successfully: I do not doubt for a second that had the UK actually been successfully invaded we too would not have lasted long.
  • again: If the disease should invade again, the immune system can react very quickly and keep the disease at bay.
  • gradually: Once inoculated by an infected fly, the trypanosomes proliferate and gradually invade all the organs of the host.
  • soon: They would soon invade Judah, kill their men, starve them in their cities.

Adjective complement

  • northern: After Japan invaded northern China he was forced to think more deeply about his policies.
  • southern: He said a total of 62 sorties of U.S. and British planes invaded southern Iraq Friday and Saturday.

Preposition: by

  • scrub: This prevents the grassland from being invaded by scrub.
  • alien: I don't want my scientific space invaded by aliens just now.
  • army: When France was invaded by the German Army the couple moved to Mexico where they ran a photographic studio.
  • force: Donald, in this story ] the lands that he had invaded by force and occupied in opposition to the king's enemies.. .

Present participle complement

  • neighbor: Iraq has been under UN sanctions since 1991 for invading neighboring Kuwait.
  • surround: Stopping the invasion of healthy tissue by tumors: Only cancer cells on the outer rim of a tumor invade surrounding normal tissue.

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