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Meaning of invade

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  invade
      v 1: march aggressively into another's territory by military
           force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler
           invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" [syn: {invade},
           {occupy}]
      2: to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new
         colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on
         your privacy" [syn: {intrude on}, {invade}, {obtrude upon},
         {encroach upon}]
      3: occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant
         infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
         [syn: {invade}, {overrun}, {infest}]
      4: penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The
         cancer had invaded her lungs"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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