invade
verb
in·vade
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invaded;
invading
Definition of invade
1
: to enter for conquest or plunder
2
: to encroach upon : infringe
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Examples of invade in a Sentence
The troops invaded at dawn.
When tourists invade, the town is a very different place.
The cancer eventually invaded the brain.
Weeds had invaded the garden.
Bacteria invaded and caused an infection.
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One of his earliest memories is of the bark of Serb paramilitaries who invaded the town, rounded up the adult men and shot dozens of them outside his elementary school. — The Economist, "Confessions of an Islamic State fighter," 16 Aug. 2019 Plastics will indeed be the artifacts of our era, particularly in oceans, where the material invades ecosystems and floats around the world. — National Geographic, "Ocean trash is building up. This artist reveals what’s out there.," 16 Aug. 2019 Great Britain and the other Western European democracies had assumed that the Nazis would never invade them as long as a hostile Soviet Union threatened the German rear. — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "The German–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact: A Bad Deal, 80 Years Ago," 15 Aug. 2019 Big tech companies including Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. have come under fire for collecting audio snippets from consumer computing devices and subjecting those clips to human review, a practice that critics say invades privacy. — Sarah Frier / Bloomberg, Time, "Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Audio of Its Users' Conversations," 15 Aug. 2019 Buttons from uniforms worn by soldiers in Napoleon’s army that invaded Russia were recently uncovered in Lithuania. — Fox News, "Napoleon’s bronze death mask still shrouded in mystery more than 200 years later," 14 Aug. 2019 Big tech companies including Amazon and Apple have come under fire for collecting audio snippets from consumer computing devices and subjecting those clips to human review, a practice that critics say invades privacy. — Sarah Frier, Fortune, "Facebook Stops Recording Users’ Audio, as Contract Transcriptionists Express Ethical Concerns," 13 Aug. 2019 Laramie said there’s a difference between parents invading their children’s spaces and being watchful. — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, "Here’s how tech companies are working with police to stop child predators online," 13 Aug. 2019 The mania invaded the family home too; his young son Clay became a fan. — Darryn King, Longreads, "The Young Man and the Sea Sponge," 13 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'invade.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for invade
invade
verb
English Language Learners Definition of invade
: to enter (a place, such as a foreign country) in order to take control by military force
: to enter (a place) in large numbers
: to enter or be in (a place where you are not wanted)
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invade
verb
in·vade
| \ in-ˈvād
\
\
invaded;
invading
Kids Definition of invade
1
: to enter by force to conquer or plunder
2
: to show lack of respect for
She invaded their privacy.
invade
transitive verb
in·vade
| \ in-ˈvād
\
\
invaded;
invading
Medical Definition of invade
1
: to enter and spread within either normally (as in development) or abnormally (as in infection) often with harmful effects
protect the body from invading viruses branches of a nerve invade the skin area
2
: to affect injuriously and progressively
gangrene invades healthy tissue
Other Words from invade
invader
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noun
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noun