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Added 9 October 2026

invade

/ɪnˈveɪd/ verb

In Latin: invādō, introeō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about invade at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To move into.
Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
To infest or overrun.
The picnic was invaded by ants.

Origin

From Latin invādō (“enter, invade”).

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