Definition of invade
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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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Do Not Curb Your Transportation Enthusiasm As shared e-scooters invade, cities decide whose vehicles belong where Transportation Starsky heat up the competition for driverless trucks with its first closed road test of a completely driverless car.
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In the world’s fiction, Orwell is constructed this way to be the best case scenario ethically for invading people’s privacy.
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In the early 1940s, the Germans invaded Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
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The other is that the costs of invading privacy aren’t easily quantified, or borne by the company.
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In mid-April, indie-rock royalty will invade the city when Built to Spill, Afghan Whigs and Guided By Voices perform.
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In 1943, three years after Germany invaded the Netherlands, van Hulst was working as a lecturer at a Calvinist teacher training college in Amsterdam, according to Roland Hughes of the BBC.
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Not surprisingly, characters from the featurette later invade the main feature, bringing forth an editorial apology on screen.
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Only two days later, however, El Salvador had invaded Honduras.
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Origin and Etymology of invade
Middle English, from Latin invadere, from in- + vadere to go — more at wade
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms
Near Antonyms
defend, guard, protect, safeguard, shield, ward;
defy, oppose, repel, resist, withstand;
capitulate (to), cede (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to);
Related Words
despoil, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, sack, strip;
conquer, crush, dominate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, subdue, subject, subjugate, vanquish;
assail, assault, attack, beset, charge, rush, storm, strike;
battle, clash (with), combat, fight, war (with);
encroach, harass, infringe, trespass;
Synonym Discussion of invade
trespass, encroach, infringe, invade mean to make inroads upon the property, territory, or rights of another. trespass implies an unwarranted or unlawful intrusion.
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- hunters trespassing on farmland
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- the encroaching settlers displacing the native peoples
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- infringing a copyright
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- accused of invading their privacy
INVADE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition 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
Definition of invade for Students
invaded;
invading
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: to enter by force to conquer or plunder
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: to show lack of respect for
- She invaded their privacy.
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invader
nounMedical Dictionary
medical Definition of invade
invaded;
invading
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: 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
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: to affect injuriously and progressively
- gangrene invades healthy tissue
Law Dictionary
invade
transitive verb
in·vade
legal Definition of invade
invaded;
invading
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: to encroach upon : infringe
- invading a constitutional right
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: 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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