invade

invade
v
1. attack, irrupt, assail, assault, strike at; begin hostilities, declare war, go to war, make war; penetrate, cross frontiers, march into, march against, thrust at, overrun, raid, storm, blitz, blitzkrieg; cross the Rubicon, cross the Alps, breach the Maginot line, cross the 38th parallel.
2. intrude, obtrude, interrupt, intervene, Inf. cut in; interlope, move in, take over, encroach, supercede, insinuate, Inf. horn in, Inf. muscle in, Inf. worm in, Inf. edge in; trespass, Inf. crash, Inf. crash the gate, break in.
3. overstep, infringe upon, transgress, trample upon, ride roughshod over.
4. permeate, pervade, fill; penetrate, spread into, spread over, overspread, spill over into.

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  • invade — (v.) late 15c., from M.Fr. invader to invade, and directly from L. invadere to go into, enter upon; assail, assault, attack (see INVASION (Cf. invasion)). Related: invaded; invading …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Invade — In*vade , v. i. To make an invasion. Brougham. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • invade — invadable, adj. invader, n. /in vayd /, v., invaded, invading. v.t. 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… …   Universalium

  • invade */ — UK [ɪnˈveɪd] / US verb Word forms invade : present tense I/you/we/they invade he/she/it invades present participle invading past tense invaded past participle invaded 1) [intransitive/transitive] to take or send an army into another country in… …   English dictionary

  • invade — in•vade [[t]ɪnˈveɪd[/t]] v. vad•ed, vad•ing 1) to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent 2) to enter as if to take possession: to invade a neighbor s home[/ex] 3) to enter and affect injuriously or destructively: viruses that… …   From formal English to slang

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