Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb invade

4 senses of invade

Sense 1
invade, occupy -- (march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939")
       => attack, assail -- (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week")

Sense 2
intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon -- (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy")
       => enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into -- (to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes")

Sense 3
invade, overrun, infest -- (occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North")
       => inhabit -- (be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house")

Sense 4
invade -- (penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs")
       => interpenetrate, permeate -- (penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot")