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invade

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in⋅vade

  [in-veyd] verb, -vad⋅ed, -vad⋅ing.
Use invade in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
2. to enter like an enemy: Locusts invaded the fields.
3. to enter as if to take possession: to invade a neighbor's home.
4. to enter and affect injuriously or destructively, as disease: viruses that invade the bloodstream.
5. to intrude upon: to invade the privacy of a family.
6. to encroach or infringe upon: to invade the rights of citizens.
7. to permeate: The smell of baking invades the house.
8. to penetrate; spread into or over: The population boom has caused city dwellers to invade the suburbs.
–verb (used without object)
9. to make an invasion: troops awaiting the signal to invade.
Origin:
1485–95; < L invādere, equiv. to in- in- 2 + vādere to go; see wade

Related forms:
in⋅vad⋅a⋅ble, adjective
in⋅vad⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. penetrate, attack.
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in·vade   (ĭn-vād')   
v.   in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing, in·vades

v.   tr.

  1. To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.

  2. To encroach or intrude on; violate: "The principal of the trusts could not be invaded without trustee approval" (Barbara Goldsmith).

  3. To overrun as if by invading; infest: "About 1917 the shipworm invaded the harbor of San Francisco" (Rachel Carson).

  4. To enter and permeate, especially harmfully.

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

[Middle English, from Old French invader, from Latin invādere : in-, in; see in-2 + vādere, to go.]
in·vad'er n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·vade
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: in·vad·ed; in·vad·ing
1 : to encroach upon : INFRINGE <invading a constitutional right>
2 : to make payments out of (a fund from which payments are not ordinarily made) invade the principal for educational expenses>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·vade
Pronunciation: in-'vAd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: in·vad·ed; in·vad·ing
1 : to enter and spread within either normally (as in development) or abnormally (as in infection) often with harmful effects invading viruses>invade the skin area>
2 : to affect injuriously and progressively invades healthy tissue> —in·vad·er /-'vAd-&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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