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Antonyms for invade
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : in-veyd |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈveɪd |
Definition of invade
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French invader "to invade," and directly from Latin invadere "to go into, enter upon; assail, assault, attack" (see invasion). Related: invaded; invading.
- verb attack and encroach
- Would it be wise to invade this home just at this juncture and introduce boarders?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- General Lee was encouraged to assume the offensive, and to invade Pennsylvania.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- The fragrance and beauty of the lily seemed suddenly to invade his spirit.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- The British were about to invade the colonies from Canada by way of that lake.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various
- Well––er––do you think they intend to invade our upper range this year?
- Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
- He might want to talk all night, try crazily to invade my privacy.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- Are these the laws that it is natural to love, and sacrilegious to invade?
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- They will invade us again, and probably we shall beat them back.
- Extract from : « No Surrender! » by G. A. Henty
- Here, then, was the daring leader chosen to invade New France.
- Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
- Elated by Chancellorsville, Lee determined to invade the North.
- Extract from : « The Land We Live In » by Henry Mann
Synonyms for invade
- access
- assail
- assault
- breach
- burglarize
- burst in
- crash
- descend upon
- entrench
- fall on
- foray
- go in
- infect
- infest
- infringe
- inroad
- interfere
- loot
- make inroads
- maraud
- meddle
- muscle in
- occupy
- overrun
- overspread
- overswarm
- penetrate
- permeate
- pervade
- pillage
- plunder
- raid
- ravage
- storm
- swarm over
- trespass
- violate
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