invade

v., -vad·ed, -vad·ing, -vades.

v.tr.

1. To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.
2. To encroach or intrude on; violate: "The principal of the trusts could not be invaded without trustee approval" (Barbara Goldsmith).
3. To overrun as if by invading; infest: "About 1917 the shipworm invaded the harbor of San Francisco" (Rachel Carson).
4. To enter and permeate, especially harmfully.

v.intr.
To make an invasion: "The X-rays showed that the cancer, which had invaded deeply into the chest cavity, was retreating" (Zach Rosen).

[Middle English, from Old French invader, from Latin invādere : in-, in; see in-² + vādere, to go.]

invader in·vad'er n.

verb

To enter so as to attack, plunder, destroy, or conquer: foray, overrun, raid. See attack/defend, enter/exit.

v

Definition: attack and encroach
Antonyms: leave alone, surrender, withdraw, yield

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
  Synonym: occupy

Meaning #2: to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
  Synonyms: intrude on, obtrude upon, encroach upon

Meaning #3: occupy in large numbers or live on a host
  Synonyms: overrun, infest

Meaning #4: penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - invadere, overfalde, angribe, trænge ind i
v. intr. - krænke, gøre indgreb i

Nederlands (Dutch)
een inval doen in, een invasie uitvoeren in, inbreuk maken op, in groten getale neerstrijken in

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) envahir
v. intr. - s'immiscer

Deutsch (German)
v. - eindringen in, einmarschieren, überschwemmen, befallen, verletzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εισβάλλω, καταπατώ

Italiano (Italian)
invadere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - invadir

Русский (Russian)
вторгаться, захватывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - invadir
v. intr. - planear una invasión

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - invadera, ockupera, angripa (om sjukdomar), gripa (om känslor), bemäktiga sig, översvämma (bildl.), kränka, inkräkta på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侵略, 拥挤, 侵袭, 侵入, 侵犯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 侵略, 擁擠, 侵襲
v. intr. - 侵入, 侵略, 侵襲, 侵犯

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 침략하다, (병 등이) 침범하다
v. intr. - 침입하다, 대거 몰려오다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 侵略する, 押し寄せる, 侵す, 襲う, 侵入する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغزو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פלש, הסיג גבול, חדר לתחום הזולת‬
v. intr. - ‮פלש, הסיג גבול, חדר לתחום הזולת‬

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