invade
/in'veid/
Definition
- 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.
Verb
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penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
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The cancer had invaded her lungs
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occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
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to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
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This new colleague invades my territory
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The neighbors intrude on your privacy
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march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
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Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
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