Definition of invade
invaded
;invading
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Examples of invade in a Sentence
The troops invaded at dawn.
When tourists invade, the town is a very different place.
The cancer eventually invaded the brain.
Weeds had invaded the garden.
Bacteria invaded and caused an infection.
Recent Examples of invade from the Web
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Red tape — along with water pollution, overdevelopment and invading pythons — threatens to kill the Everglades.
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German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, not content with annexing the Sudetenland, soon invaded and occupied most of the rest of Europe.
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To understand that requires jumping back over 100 years in history, to when the insect first invaded American farmland.
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Then things went really sour, and the US invaded his country in 1989 and captured him.
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As U.S. troops invade to depose him, Noriega goes into hiding, finally surrendering on Jan. 3 after standoff at Vatican’s diplomatic mission.
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He was found hiding in the garage of the home that was invaded, authorities said.
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The emerald ash borer was first detected in North Carolina in 2013 after invading most other eastern states.
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In the early days of World War II, a baby-faced West Point graduate with a rifle in one hand and a tommy gun in the other made a one-man attack in the Philippines against the invading Japanese that altered the course of the war.
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Origin and Etymology of invade
Middle English, from Latin invadere, from in- + vadere to go — more at wade
Synonym Discussion of invade
INVADE Defined for English Language Learners
invade
playDefinition of invade for English Language Learners
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: to enter (a place, such as a foreign country) in order to take control by military force
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: to enter (a place) in large numbers
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: to enter or be in (a place where you are not wanted)
INVADE Defined for Kids
invade
playDefinition of invade for Students
invaded
;invading
1 : to enter by force to conquer or plunder
2 : to show lack of respect for She invaded their privacy.
invader
nounMedical Dictionary
invade
playMedical Definition of invade
invaded
;invading
1: to enter and spread within either normally (as in development) or abnormally (as in infection) often with harmful effects protect the body from invading viruses branches of a nerve invade the skin area
2: to affect injuriously and progressively gangrene invades healthy tissue
Law Dictionary
invade
Legal Definition of invade
invaded
invading
1 : to encroach upon : infringe invading a constitutional right
2 : to make payments out of (a fund from which payments are not ordinarily made) authorized the trustee to invade the principal for educational expenses
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