Definitions for invade

Definitions for (verb) invade

Main entry: invade, occupy

Definition: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

Usage: Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939


Main entry: invade

Definition: penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

Usage: The cancer had invaded her lungs


Main entry: obtrude upon, intrude on, invade, encroach upon

Definition: to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

Usage: This new colleague invades my territory; The neighbors intrude on your privacy


Main entry: infest, invade, overrun

Definition: occupy in large numbers or live on a host

Usage: the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North


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