Dictionary Entry
invade
invade is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate; as, the king invaded the rights of the people.
- 4transitive verb
To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue.
- 5intransitive verb
To make an invasion.
- 6verb
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
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- 7verb
penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
"The cancer had invaded her lungs"
- 8verb
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
"This new colleague invades my territory"
"The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
- 9verb
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
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