invade
/ɪnˈveɪd/verb2 syllables
Invade means: to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate.
Synonyms for invade6
What does invade mean?4
verb
1
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate“This new colleague invades my territory”
2
occupy in large numbers or live on a host“the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North”
3
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation“Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939”
4
penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way“The cancer had invaded her lungs”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with invade?58
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Invade in a sentence
- You must not invade the privacy of others.CM
- It should be forbidden to invade countries whose names one can't pronounce correctly.mailohilohi
- People shouldn't be allowed to invade countries whose names they can't pronounce correctly.mailohilohi
- We cannot let these foreign words invade our language.mailohilohi
- I have no right to invade someone else's life.AlanF_US
- You have no right to invade someone else's life.AlanF_US
- They invaded the country with tanks and guns.CM
- Ukrainians don't deserve to be invaded by a rapacious army.shekitten
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Forms of invade
as a verb
- past tense
- invaded
- present participle
- invading
- third-person singular
- invades
- past participle
- invaded