| Verb | 1. | invade - 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" infest, overrun - invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" | |
| 2. | invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"foray into, raid - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" | |
| 3. | invade - occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" | |
| 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" | |