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in·vade
(ĭn-vād′)v. in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing, in·vades
v.tr.
1. To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage: The Romans invaded Britain.
2. To enter as if by invading; overrun or crowd: Each weekend, skiers invade the mountain town.
3. To enter and proliferate in bodily tissue, as a pathogen: Bacteria have invaded the lungs.
4. To encroach or intrude on; violate: invade someone's privacy.
v.intr.
To make an invasion: The cancer had invaded deeply into his liver.
[Middle English, from Old French invader, from Latin invādere : in-, in; see in-2 + vādere, to go.]
in·vad′er n.
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invade
(ɪnˈveɪd)vb
1. (Military) to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force
2. (tr) to occupy in large numbers; overrun; infest
3. (tr) to trespass or encroach upon (privacy, etc)
4. (tr) to enter and spread throughout, esp harmfully; pervade
5. (Botany) (of plants, esp weeds) to become established in (a place to which they are not native)
[C15: from Latin invādere, from vādere to go]
inˈvadable adj
inˈvader n
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in•vade
(ɪnˈveɪd)v. -vad•ed, -vad•ing. v.t.
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.
3. to enter and affect injuriously or destructively: viruses that invade the bloodstream.
4. to intrude upon: to invade someone's privacy.
5. to encroach or infringe upon: to invade the rights of citizens.
6. to penetrate; spread into or over: City dwellers invaded the suburbs.
v.i. 7. to make an invasion.
[1485–95; < Latin invādere=in- in-2 + vādere to advance, go]
in•vad′er, n.
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invade
Past participle: invaded
Gerund: invading
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| Verb | 1. | invade - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" |
| 2. | invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" foray into, raid - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" | |
| 3. |  invade - occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"inhabit - be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house" | |
| 4. | invade - penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs" interpenetrate, permeate - penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot" |
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invade
verb
1. attack, storm, assault, capture, occupy, seize, raid, overwhelm, violate, conquer, overrun, annex, march into, assail, descend upon, infringe on, burst in on, make inroads on In 1944 the allies invaded the Italian mainland.
2. infest, swarm, overrun, flood, infect, ravage, beset, pervade, permeate, overspread Every so often the kitchen would be invaded by ants.
3. intrude on, disturb, interrupt, violate, disrupt, encroach on, trespass on, infringe on, burst in on, obtrude on I don't want to invade your privacy, but this is my job.
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invade
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Translations
napadnout
invaderekrænkeoversvømme
hyökätähyökätä maahantunkeutua
napasti
ráîast inn í
侵略する
침략하다
invazijaįsiveržėlisužpuolikas
iebruktiekarotokupēt
napasti
invadera
บุกรุก
işgal etmekistilâ etmek
xâm lược
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
invade
vt (Mil) → einmarschieren in (+acc); (fig) → überfallen, heimsuchen; privacy → eindringen in (+acc), → stören; (Med) cell etc → befallen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
invade
(inˈveid) verb (of an enemy) to enter (a country etc) with an army. Britain was twice invaded by the Romans.
inˈvader noun a person, or (sometimes in singular with the) an armed force etc, that invades. Our armies fought bravely against the invader(s).
inˈvasion (-ʒən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
invade
→ يَغْزُو napadnout invadere eindringen εισβάλλω invadir hyökätä maahan envahir napasti invadere 侵略する 침략하다 binnenvallen invadere najechać invadir вторгаться invadera บุกรุก işgal etmek xâm lược 入侵Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
invade
v. invadir, penetrar; atacar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
invade
vt invadirEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.