Invade

Verb

 * 1)  To move into.
 * Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
 * 1)  To enter by force in order to conquer.
 * Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
 * 1)  To infest or overrun.
 * The picnic was invaded by ants.

Related terms

 * invader
 * invasion
 * invasive

Adverbs for Invade
ruthlessly; perilously; outrageously; ferociously; heartlessly; monstrously; totally; unnaturally; belligerently; bellicosely; illegally.

Thesaurus
adopt, advance upon, appropriate, arrogate, assume, barge in, beset, board, break bounds, break in, break in upon, burst in, butt in, charge in, come between, crash, crash in, crash the gates, crawl with, creep in, creep with, crowd in, cut in, edge in, elbow in, encroach, entrench, escalade, foist in, foray, go too far, horn in, impinge, impose, impose on, impose upon, infest, infiltrate, infringe, inroad, insinuate, interfere, interlope, interpose, intervene, intrude, inundate, irrupt, know no bounds, make a raid, make an inroad, obtrude, overrun, overspread, overstep, overstep the bounds, overswarm, overwhelm, plague, play God, press in, pretend to, push in, put on, put upon, raid, ravage, rush in, scale, scale the walls, seize, slink in, slip in, smash in, sneak in, squeeze in, steal in, storm, storm in, swarm, swarm with, take by storm, take over, throng in, thrust in, transgress, trench, trespass, usurp, work in, worm in

Etymology
From in-, "in", "into", + vādō, "I go", "I rush".

Translations

 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish:


 * German: eindringen, verletzen
 * Russian:, вторгнуться


 * Arabic: غزو
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: invadi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, einmarschieren
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean: 침입하다
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, вторгнуться ; оккупировать  and , нападать,
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: บุกรุก, บุกรุก
 * Turkish: istila etmek
 * Vietnamese: xâm lược, xâm chiếm


 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish:


 * Hungarian: megrohan


 * : envahir (1,2,3)
 * : invadere (1,2,3)


 * : ఆక్రమించు (aakramiMchu)
 * : invadir (1,2,3), conquistar (2), infestar (3)

Verb
invade


 * 1) third-person singular present tense of invadere