invade

Definition

  • verb: to enter (a place, such as a foreign country) in order to take control by military force
  • verb: to enter for conquest or plunder
  • synonyms: enter, attack, infringe

Examples

  • Photographers 'invaded her privacy'. [=caused her to lose her privacy; intruded on her privacy]

  • He thinks people were happier before TV and the Internet 'invaded' our lives.

  • When tourists 'invade', the town is a very different place.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Beyond time. He is the cosmic conquerer, the destroyer of worlds. A being of infinite power and endless hunger, on a quest to invade every universe and bring all worlds into his Dark Dimension. And he hungers for Earth most of all. The pages that Kaecilius stole. The ritual to contact Dormammu and (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange