invade

Invade is defined as to enter using force or violence, or to crowd into a place.

(verb)

An example of to invade is the 1939 Defensive War when Nazi Germany entered Poland from the north, south and west.

See invade in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb invaded, invading

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

intransitive verb

to make an invasion

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See invade in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing, in·vades

verb, transitive

To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.
To encroach or intrude on; violate: “The principal of the trusts could not be invaded without trustee approval” (Barbara Goldsmith).
To overrun as if by invading; infest: “About 1917 the shipworm invaded the harbor of San Francisco” (Rachel Carson).
To enter and permeate, especially harmfully.

verb, intransitive

To make an invasion: “The X-rays showed that the cancer, which had invaded deeply into the chest cavity, was retreating” (Zach Rosen).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French invader

Origin: , from Latin invādere

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + vādere, to go

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