invade

in·vade  (n-vd)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French invader, from Latin invdere : in-, in; see in-² + vdere, to go.]

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in·vader n.

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invade

Verb

[-vading, -vaded]

1. to enter (a country or territory) by military force

2. to enter in large numbers: the town was invaded by rugby supporters

3. to disturb (privacy, etc.) [Latin invadere]

invader n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	invade - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" occupy attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" infest, overrun - invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
	2.	invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" foray into, raid - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
	3.	invade - occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" infest, overrun inhabit - be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house"
	4.	invade - penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs" interpenetrate, permeate - penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot"

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invade

verb 1. attack, storm, assault, capture, occupy, seize, raid, overwhelm, violate, conquer, overrun, annex, march into, assail, descend upon, infringe on, burst in on, make inroads on

verb 2. infest, swarm, overrun, flood, infect, ravage, beset, pervade, permeate, overspread

Translations

invade [ɪnˈveɪd] vt → invadir

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invade [ɪnˈveɪd] vt → envahir

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invade [ɪnˈveɪd] vt → einfallen in +acc (fig); heimsuchen

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invade [ɪnˈveɪd] vt → invadere