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invade
[ in-veyd ]
verb (used with object)
- to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent:
Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
Synonyms: ,
- to enter like an enemy:
Locusts invaded the fields.
Synonyms: ,
- 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.
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to make an invasion:
troops awaiting the signal to invade.
invade
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force
- tr to occupy in large numbers; overrun; infest
- tr to trespass or encroach upon (privacy, etc)
- tr to enter and spread throughout, esp harmfully; pervade
- (of plants, esp weeds) to become established in (a place to which they are not native)
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
- ˈ岹, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·İ noun
- ܲȴ-·Ļ adjective
- i· verb (used with object) reinvaded reinvading
- un·a· adjective
- ܲi·Ļ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of invade1
Example Sentences
The U.S. is not at war with Venezuela, but Trump danced around this by claiming that the gang Tren de Aragua was a sovereign nation that was invading the country.
The U.S. invaded Panama in 1989, killing hundreds of civilians and destroying infrastructure and homes.
There were smiles, though, just about visible behind the pyrotechnic fog rising off the sea of bodies that had invaded the pitch for the third successive year.
And yet in February 2022, it was President Putin who ordered Russian troops to invade a sovereign neighbouring country, to force it back into Moscow's orbit.
The answer reflects how humans have invaded its space and how it has adapted to ours.
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