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invade

/ invade /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
march aggressively into another''s territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
Type of:
attack assail
Kinds of:
infest overrun
Derived:
occupier occupation military control invasion invader
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
"The cancer had invaded her lungs"
Type of:
interpenetrate permeate
Derived:
invasion
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
Type of:
inhabit occupy
Derived:
infestation plague invasion encroachment intrusion
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
"This new colleague invades my territory"
"The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
Type of:
enter come in get into
Kinds of:
foray into raid
Derived:
invasion encroachment intrusion invader encroacher
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
3
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attack assail infest overrun interpenetrate permeate inhabit occupy enter come in get into foray into