INVADE
\ɪnvˈe͡ɪd], \ɪnvˈeɪd], \ɪ_n_v_ˈeɪ_d]\
Definitions of INVADE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"
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occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.
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To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
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To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
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To make an invasion.
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To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; - used of forcible or rude ingress.
By Oddity Software
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To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain.
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To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
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To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
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To make an invasion.
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To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; - used of forcible or rude ingress.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To enter a country as an enemy: to attack: to encroach upon: to violate: to seize or fall upon.
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INVADER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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