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   invade

   /ɪnˈveɪd/

   verb

   • 1. (of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it: "during the Second World War the island was invaded by the Axis powers" Similar occupyconquercaptureseizetake (over)annexwingainsecuremarch intooverrunoverwhelmstormdescend onswoop onswarm oversurge overmake inroads onattackassailassaultraidplundermaraudOpposite withdraw from
   • ▪ enter (a place, situation, or sphere of activity) in large numbers, especially with intrusive effect: "demonstrators invaded the Presidential Palace" Similar permeatepervadefillspread through/overdiffuse throughimbueperfusebe disseminated throughflow throughassailattacktake over
   • ▪ (of a parasite or disease) spread into (an organism or bodily part): "sometimes the worms invade the central nervous system"
   • ▪ encroach or intrude on: "he felt his privacy was being invaded" Similar intrude onviolateencroach oninfringe ontrespass onobtrude onburst in oninterruptdisturbdisruptinformal:horn in onmuscle in onarchaic:entrench onOpposite respect

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack or assault (a person’)): from Latin invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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