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Verb invade has 4 senses
invade, occupy - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"--1 is one way to attack, assail
 Sample sentences:
 Somebody ----s something
 Something ----s something
 
intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"--2 is one way to enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
 Sample sentence:
 Somebody ----s something
 
invade, overrun, infest - occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"--3 is one way to inhabit, occupy
 Sample sentences:
 Something is ----ing PP
 Something ----s something
 
invade - penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"--4 is one way to interpenetrate, permeate
 Sample sentence:
 Something ----s something
 
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