Complete Definition of "invade"

English

Etymology
:From L. in-, "in", "into", + vadere, "to go", "to rush", "to hasten".

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd|-eɪd

Transitive verb
en-verb|invad|ing

  1. to move into

#:Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
#to enter by force in order to conquer
#:Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.

  1. to infest or overrun

#:The picnic was invaded by ants.

Related terms
invader
invasion
invasive

Translations

Chinese: 侵�, 侵�, 侵�, 侵� (1)
Danish: invadere (1,2)
Finnish: tunkeutua (1), vallata (2,3)
French: envahir (1,2,3)
German: eindringen (in#German|in) (1), invasieren (1), überfallen (2)
Italian: invadere (1,2,3)
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Telugu: ���రమి��� (aakramiMchu)
Portuguese: invadir (1,2,3), conquistar (2), infestar (3)
Russian: в�о�га����


Italian
Verb
invade

  1. third-person singular present tense of invadere

Category:Italian verb forms

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