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