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Definitions for Invading
[1] to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
[2] to enter like an enemy: Locusts invaded the fields.
[3] to enter as if to take possession: to invade a neighbor's home.
[4] to enter and affect injuriously or destructively, as disease: viruses that invade the bloodstream.
[5] to intrude upon: to invade the privacy of a family.
[6] to encroach or infringe upon: to invade the rights of citizens.
[7] to permeate: The smell of baking invades the house.
[8] to penetrate; spread into or over: The population boom has caused city dwellers to invade the suburbs.
[9] to make an invasion: troops awaiting the signal to invade.
[10] to enter (a country, territory, etc) by military force
[11] (tr) to occupy in large numbers; overrun; infest
[12] (tr) to trespass or encroach upon (privacy, etc)
[13] (tr) to enter and spread throughout, esp harmfully; pervade
[14] (of plants, esp weeds) to become established in (a place to which they are not native)
Words related to Invading
invaderaid, violate, plunder, pillage, ravage, occupy, breach, storm, infect, penetrate, loot, infest, overrun, maraud, permeate, crash, burglarize, infringe, interfere, access
Words nearby Invading
invadeinutile, inutility, inutterable, inuvik, inv., invade, invaginable, invaginate, invagination, invalid, invalidate
Origin of Invading
e1485–95; < Latin invādere, equivalent to in- in-2 + vādere to go; see wade
Other words from Invading
in·vad·a·ble , adjective
in·vad·er , noun
qua·si-in·vad·ed , adjective
re·in·vade , verb (used with object), re·in·vad·ed, re·in·vad·ing.
un·in·vad·a·ble , adjective
un·in·vad·ed , adjective
Word origin for Invading
eC15: from Latin invādere, from vādere to go
Synonyms for Invading
breach, infect, infest, loot, occupy, overrun, penetrate, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, violate, access, assail, assault, burglarize, crash, entrench, foray, infringe, interfere, maraud, meddle, overspread, permeate, pervade, trespass, burst in, descend upon, fall on, go in, inroad, make inroads, muscle in, overswarm, swarm over