invade

/in'veid/
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invade

A large army invades the neighboring country across the border.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To enter a country, region, or area by force with an army, in order to take control of it: This is the primary meaning, referring to a military action.
    • To enter a place or situation in large numbers, especially where you are not wanted or do not belong: This can refer to people, things, or abstract concepts entering en masse.
    • To enter and spread within something, especially in a harmful way: Often used for diseases, cells, or other forces that spread destructively.
    • To intrude upon or violate something, such as privacy, rights, or personal space: This meaning focuses on unwanted interference.
Examples of Usage
  • Verb:
    • The army prepared to invade the neighboring country. (Military conquest)
    • Tourists invade the small coastal town every summer. (Entering in large numbers)
    • The virus can invade the body's cells and cause illness. (Harmful spreading)
    • Please knock; I don't want you to invade my privacy. (Intrude upon)
Advanced Usage
  • "Invade someone's thoughts": When thoughts or memories persistently enter someone's mind.
    • Memories of the accident would invade her thoughts without warning.
  • "Invade someone's personal space": To get too close to someone physically.
    • He felt uncomfortable when his coworker constantly invaded his personal space.
Variants and Related Words
  • Invader (n): A person or group that invades.
    • The invaders were eventually driven from the land.
  • Invasion (n): The act of invading.
    • The invasion began at dawn.
  • Invasive (adj): Tending to spread undesirably or harmfully.
    • The plant is an invasive species that chokes out native flora.
Synonyms
  • Occupy: To take control of a place by military force.
  • Infest: To be present in large numbers, typically causing damage or disease.
  • Encroach: To intrude on a territory or right gradually.
  • Violate: To break or fail to comply with a rule or formal agreement; to treat with disrespect.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Invade" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meanings are typically expressed through the verb alone or with prepositions like "into.")

Related Idioms
  • Invade someone's turf/territory: To intrude on an area someone considers their own domain or responsibility.
    • By starting a similar project, he felt his colleague was invading his professional turf.
invade

A large army invades the neighboring country across the border.

Verb
  1. penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
    • The cancer had invaded her lungs
  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. to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
    • This new colleague invades my territory
    • The neighbors intrude on your privacy
  4. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
    • Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939

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