invade
Other forms: invaded; invading; invades
When you Invade, you aggressively take over or occupy a place. If a country's leader wants to gain more land, the military might invade a neighboring country.
Not everything that invades is militaristic. Some things that invade are cultural, such as the phenomena of young, stylish people moving into a neighborhood that had never been thought of as cool before. In an instant, new restaurants and shops catering to the newcomers open and soon the area is overrun with people wearing, say, skinny jeans and complicated eyewear. Natives to the area lament, "This place has been invaded by hipsters."
Definitions of invade
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march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
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occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way“The cancer had invaded her lungs”
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type of:
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interpenetrate, permeate
penetrate mutually or be interlocked
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interpenetrate, permeate
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intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate“This new colleague invades my territory”
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synonyms:
encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon
Pronunciation
US
/ɪnˈveɪd/
UK
/ɪnˈveɪd/
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