invade

in-vade · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To enter a country or territory with armed forces to conquer or occupy it.

  2. 2.

    To intrude on or encroach upon something.

  3. 3.

    (of disease or organisms) To spread into and affect.

Related words

Antonyms: defend, retreat, withdraw
See also: attack, invader, invasion
Synonyms: attack, occupy, overrun

Etymology

From Latin invadere ("to go into, attack"), from in- ("in, into") + vadere ("to go, walk"). Entered English in the 15th century.