invade
verbcommon in dialogue
- //ɪnˈveɪd//
To move into.
verb
- 1
To move into.
Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the griesly shade.
- 2
To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
After shaking off a pre-dawn counterattack on Tinian Monday, the American forces that invaded that island Sunday broadened and deepened their hold. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the Japanese in breaking up the attack and five enemy tanks destroyed.
When a typical gaffe has him invading the Beagle and trying to rob Charles Darwin (David Tennant), he learns that his beloved “parrot” Polly is actually a dodo bird.
“This is the competition,” Ryan said. “And if we can’t have a national conversation about the red China communist government trying to displace us, looking the other way when Russia invades Ukraine and trying to outfox us at every turn … then we’re all going to be speaking Mandarin in 10 or 15 years.”
- 3
To infest or overrun.
The picnic was invaded by ants.
- 4
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
The king invaded the rights of the people.
- 5
To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.
Etymology
From Latin invādō (“enter, invade”).
Forms
- past tense
- invaded
- past participle
- invaded
- present participle
- invading
- third person singular
- invades