Antonyms for invading

Grammar : Verb

Spell : in-veyd

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈveɪd

Definition of invading

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

Example sentences :

Thereupon they all followed him into the garden, which the crowd was now invading.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

And what an invading flight, what a sudden outlook upon the world's immensity!
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Thanks to numbers they had ended by invading every sphere and possessing everything.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

After the invading army had retired, no one will gainsay the sound sense of his behaviour.
Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon

In invading the mystery of medicine, they have ruined its prestige.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

It was evidently a complete surprise for the invading force.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson

His Secretary is called away; and he has to cope with the invading pigmies.
Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton

Congress accordingly decided to forestall him by invading Canada.
Extract from : « The War of Independence » by John Fiske

Carleton then resumed his preparations for invading New York.
Extract from : « The War of Independence » by John Fiske

The plan for invading Sardinia was over-complex and too nicely adjusted.
Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane

Synonyms for invading

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