invade
in-vade · verb
Definitions
verb
- 1.
To enter a country or territory with armed forces to conquer or occupy it.
- 2.
To intrude on or encroach upon something.
- 3.
(of disease or organisms) To spread into and affect.
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Etymology
From Latin invadere ("to go into, attack"), from in- ("in, into") + vadere ("to go, walk"). Entered English in the 15th century.