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invade

[in-veyd]

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verb (used with object)

to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.

to enter like an enemy: Locusts invaded the fields.

to enter as if to take possession: to invade a neighbor's home.

to enter and affect injuriously or destructively, as disease: viruses that invade the bloodstream.

to intrude upon: to invade the privacy of a family.

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to encroach or infringe upon: to invade the rights of citizens.

to permeate: The smell of baking invades the house.

to penetrate; spread into or over: The population boom has caused city dwellers to invade the suburbs.

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verb (used without object)

to make an invasion: troops awaiting the signal to invade.

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Origin:
1485–95; < Latin invādere, equivalent to in- in-² + vādere to go; see wade

Related forms

in·vad·a·ble, adjective

in·vad·er, noun

qua·si-in·vad·ed, adjective

re·in·vade, verb (used with object), -vad·ed, -vad·ing.

un·in·vad·a·ble, adjective

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un·in·vad·ed, adjective

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Synonyms
1, 2. penetrate, attack.

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Example Sentences

Doubtfire" is about a man who dresses as a dowager to invade the household of his estranged wife, who has thrown him out.

How much longer it will be before they invade the rich uplands of the continental shelf is hard to say.

They are definitely aware when you can see them and are less likely to invade your space when they know they have been seen.

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Doubtfire" is about a man who dresses as a dowager to invade the household of his estranged wife, who has thrown him out.

How much longer it will be before they invade the rich uplands of the continental shelf is hard to say.

They are definitely aware when you can see them and are less likely to invade your space when they know they have been seen.

They used to be thought of solely as foreign intruders--strangers to the cells they invade and parasitize.

Voracious, venomous lionfish are the first exotic species to invade coral reefs.

Police them to be sure they don't invade choicer plantings.

If humans didn't make it so easy for them, invasive fire ants wouldn't invade.

But the more standard response to this situation is to invade a neighbour's turf.

Ferns are the first plant to invade and colonize when everything else has been wiped out.

After multiplying, the microbes break out of the cell and go on to invade other cells, repeating the process.

They fear that it will invade new rivers, multiply rampantly and edge out other species.

More restrained, less likely to invade adjacent plantings add to my plant list.

But for some unknown reason, it evolved to invade the mamavirus in which his team found it.

Such rules have made it difficult for brewers from different countries to invade each other's turf.

They eat natural bark and stems, and have been known to invade campgrounds and chew on canoe paddles.

In addition to becoming immortal, cancer cells invade the surrounding tissue, rendering it nonfunctional.

Set the tank on a few bricks to provide a small airspace so that tree roots will not invade the bed.

But the key escrow proposal is not about increasing government's authority to invade the privacy of its citizens.

Technological change may also allow some parts of the energy and transport business to invade each other's turf.

Loggers and gold prospectors continuously invade the reserves and force the uncontacted tribes to run away.

People wouldn't dare invade on the sacred idea of having two kids and a dog.

No-one believes you, so they bomb the hell out of you and invade your country.

Mattel's plan, ghastly as it may be for defenceless parents, is to invade every corner of a little girl's life.

And morning light seems to invade the still night village.

Nobody forced him to invade people's privacy or sell the war.

Better hope no crazy president wants to invade another rogue nation.

Somebody should really invade that country and prevent that sort of thing.

Normally a flu virus good at infecting birds can't attack humans because it isn't equipped to invade and grow in human cells.

They help the fungus to invade tissues and obtain nutrients by breaking down the proteins and cells of its host.

I'll move it around front if rednecks invade my neighborhood, where it may serve as both armor and camouflage.

Soldiers have largely allowed protests to continue, and at first stood aside to let citizens invade secret police offices.

Franch did not developed their colonies, they were not caring about, their obsession was to invade belgium and nederland.

China says it is ready to invade at the slightest provocation.

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World English Dictionary

invade (ɪnˈveɪd)

—vb
1.	to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force
2.	(tr) to occupy in large numbers; overrun; infest
3.	(tr) to trespass or encroach upon (privacy, etc)
4.	(tr) to enter and spread throughout, esp harmfully; pervade
5.	(of plants, esp weeds) to become established in (a place to which they are not native)

[C15: from Latin invādere, from vādere to go]

in'vadable

—*adj*

in'vader

—n

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"I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king—and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms—I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field."

-Elizabeth I

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