| VERB | competition | invade, occupy | march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation |
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| motion | invade, intrude on, obtrude upon, encroach upon | to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate | |
| stative | invade, overrun, infest | occupy in large numbers or live on a host | |
| contact | invade | penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way |
| Sounds | ihnvey'd | |
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| Rhymes | accolade ... wade / Wade: 90 rhymes with eyd... | |
| Meaning | march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" | |
| Synonym | occupy | |
| Narrower | infest, overrun | invade in great numbers |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Spanish | invadir, ocupar | |
| Catalan | envair, ocupar | |
| Adjectives | invasive | involving invasion or aggressive attack |
| Nouns | invader | someone who enters by force in order to conquer |
| invasion | the act of invading | |
| Meaning | To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "This new colleague invades my territory" | |
| Synonyms | intrude on, obtrude upon, encroach upon | |
| Narrower | foray into, raid | Enter someone else's territory and take spoils |
| Broader | enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into | To come or go into |
| Spanish | aparcer sin invitación, entrometerse, inmiscuirse, invadir, violar, vulnerar | |
| Adjectives | invasive | gradually intrusive without right or permission |
| Nouns | invader | someone who enters by force in order to conquer |
| invasion | any entry into an area not previously occupied | |
| Meaning | Occupy in large numbers or live on a host. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | overrun, infest | |
| Broader | inhabit | Be present in |
| Spanish | invadir | |
| Catalan | envair, infestar | |
| Nouns | invasion | any entry into an area not previously occupied |
| Meaning | penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The cancer had invaded her lungs" | |
| Broader | interpenetrate, permeate | penetrate mutually or be interlocked |
| Adjectives | invasive | marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue |
| Nouns | invasion | (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body |
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