invade Definition
in·vade (in vād′)
transitive verb -·vad′ed, -·vad′·ing
- to enter forcibly or hostilely; come into as an enemy
- to crowd into; throng tourists invading the beaches
- to intrude upon; infringe; violate to invade someone's privacy
- 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·vad′er noun
invade Synonyms
invade
v.
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
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