INVADE

invade

Verb

  1. To move into.
    Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
  2. To enter by force in order to conquer.
    Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
  3. To infest or overrun.
    The picnic was invaded by ants.
  4. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
    The king invaded the rights of the people.


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