Synonyms for invade
ɪnˈveɪdin·vade

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1. invadeverb

   To attack is to begin hostilities of any kind. A general invades a country by marching in troops; he attacks a city by drawing up an army against it; he assaults it by hurling his troops directly upon its defenses. Assail and assault, tho of the same original etymology, have diverged in meaning, so that assault alone retains the meaning of direct personal violence. One may assail another with reproaches; he assaults him with a blow, a brandished weapon, etc. Armies or squadrons charge; combat and encounter may be said of individual contests. To beset is to set around, or, so to speak, to stud one's path, with menaces, attacks, or persuasions. To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies. To encounter is to meet face to face, and may be said either of the attacking or of the resisting force or person, or of both.

   Synonyms:
   assail, assault, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, combat, encounter, fall upon, set upon, storm

   Antonyms:
   aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand

   Preposition:
   We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.

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1. invade

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, encroach, occupy, assail, violate, encroach upon, intrude upon, infringe upon, trench upon

   Antonyms:
   vacate, abandon, evacuate, relinquish

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1. invade, occupyverb

   march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

   "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, occupy, encroach upon, engross, obtrude upon, intrude on, busy, worry, absorb, engage, reside, concern, overrun, fill, infest, interest, take, use up

2. intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach uponverb

   to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

   "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"

   Synonyms:
   overrun, encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, infest, occupy

3. invade, overrun, infestverb

   occupy in large numbers or live on a host

   "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

   Synonyms:
   well over, encroach upon, intrude on, overrun, run over, brim over, obtrude upon, occupy, overflow, infest

4. invadeverb

   penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

   "The cancer had invaded her lungs"

   Synonyms:
   overrun, encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, infest, occupy

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Permeate

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1. invadeverb

   Synonyms:
   attack, assail, assault

2. invadeverb

   Synonyms:
   infringe, violate, encroach upon, trench upon

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1. invadeverb

   Synonyms:
   infringe, encroach, trespass, intrench, trench

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1. List of paraphrases for "invade":

   invades, invasion, devastate, encroach, aggression

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1. United States:

   These are adversaries, their whole intent is to basically weaken the United States, weaken the alliance and undermine our democracy, and I think it's very important for the United States and our allies to be very strong about the kind of response that will take place if The US and Europe invade.

2. Matthew Kasson:

   Viruses have this way of suppressing the immune response, and some of the drugs we’re using to combat the viruses are also having an effect where they’re making it easier for fungi to invade.

3. Charly Salonius-Pasternak:

   It's always been bonkers, the idea that a Western country would invade Russia, but we have tried to minimize those concerns by boosting trade and cooperating in other areas.

4. United States:

   The economic crisis that Russia is experiencing is also exacerbated by the domestic political opposition to Putin's decision to invade.

5. General Prado:

   He was then laid out on a concrete slab in the little laundry behind the hospital, and around 30 press photographers from all over the world were invited in to shoot images of the body as it lay in state, it was important for the government and the military to show Che dead as a lesson to anyone intending to invade or threaten the Bolivian way of life in the future.