All invade synonyms
inΒ·vade
I i verb invade
- raid β a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- violate β to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- plunder β to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pillage β to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- occupy β to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- breach β If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- storm β Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ΛteΙͺ ΙΛdΙr ΛvΙlt sΙn/ (Show IPA), 1817β88, German poet and novelist.
- infect β to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- penetrate β to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- loot β spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- infest β to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- overrun β to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- maraud β to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
- permeate β to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- crash β A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- burglarize β If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- infringe β to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
- interfere β to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- access β If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
- trespass β Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
- assault β An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
- pervade β to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- foray β a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- assail β If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
- meddle β to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- overspread β to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- enter β Come or go into (a place).
- conquer β If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- annex β If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
- entrench β Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
- plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- colonize β If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
- inroad β a damaging or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings.
- colonise β to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- parasitize β to live on (a host) as a parasite.
- fall on β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- go in β go indoors
- muscle in β a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
adjective invade
- worrier β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- filler β an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- packer β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- swarm β a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
- crawler β A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
- harrier β one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.