Thesaurus: invade

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1. v. t. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.
2. v. t. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.
3. v. t. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
4. v. t. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
5. v. i. To make an invasion.
6. v. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
7. v. to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
8. v. occupy in large numbers or live on a host
9. v. penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
10. 1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. Spenser. 2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain. Such an enemy Is risen to invade us. Milton. 3. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people. 4. To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue. Syn. -- To attack; assail; encroach upon. See Attack. To make an invasion. Brougham.
11. To make an invasion. Brougham.
12. v:100 v. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation v. occupy in large numbers or live on a host v. penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way