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Synonyms for invade

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for invade

to enter so as to attack, plunder, destroy, or conquer

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Synonyms for invade

march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

Synonyms

to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

occupy in large numbers or live on a host

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penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

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Swamy had triggered a political furore following his statement made earlier saying India should invade the Maldives if the election was rigged.
"I think it is highly unlikely that the Argentinians will invade the Falkland Islands, not least because there is a clause in their constitution I understand which specifically excludes invading the Falkland Islands by force." He added: "Since the days of General Galtieri there is a very definite separation between the civilian government and the armed forces and certainly it does not appear, although one should never be complacent, that their armed forces are well equipped at the moment." conservative MP Colonel Bob Stewart said the Argentinians would be "pretty incapable" of invading the Falkland Islands.
"Didn't this happen in Iraq in the past when a no-fly zone was imposed over (Iraq's) north and south and Saddam's defenses were bombarded, his planes were destroyed and he was besieged economically and politically, but he stood fast for 12 years before the United States decided to invade Iraq and topple him," Haidar said.
Blair: "Barack, yes I also prayed last night and have come to the same conclusion," or "Barack, no, I prayed last night and thinkwe should invade".
Packed with intriguing characters, vivid visual imagery, an exciting and suspenseful plot, morality issues relayed in a sensitive and subtle manner, and brilliant illustrations, THE TOONIES INVADE SILICON VALLEY is one book this reader thoroughly enjoyed and would love to see in libraries and homes throughout the country.
ELSTs are extremely vascular, and they can invade and destroy temporal bone.
had contingency plans to invade Saudi Arabia during the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, has twice invaded Iraq, and now apparently is laying the psychological and diplomatic groundwork for an assault on Iran.
They've told us that Saddam's regime was on the verge of building nuclear weapons; that it had operational links with al Qaeda; that our allies would support our invasion if we stuck with our insistence about going it alone; that we could safely invade with a relatively small number of ground troops; that the Iraqi people would greet us as liberators; that Ahmed Chalabi could be trusted; that Iraq's oil revenues would pay for the country's reconstruction; and that most of our troops would be out of Iraq within six months of the initial invasion.
This high marsh-living grass (Poaceae) started to invade the salt marsh 10 years ago (Bouchard et al.
* Whether or not, and to what extent, the trust gives the trustee the power to invade principal or accumulate income, or prohibits the trustee from invading principal or accumulating income; and the extent to which the trustee has exercised a power from time to time to invade principal or accumulate income;
Your skin, hair, and gut continually crawl with microscopic bacteria (single-cell organisms), fungi (FUN-guy, single cell or multicellular organisms such as mold and yeast), and viruses (nonliving particles that invade and reproduce in a living cell).
Build relationships, don't invade personal space-time.
reserved the right to invade any Latin American country that engaged in "flagrant wrongdoing." Latin Americans took that to mean any action that conflicted with U.S.
He pooh-poohs the possibility that Iraq might invade one or more of its neighbors and argues that Saddam Hussein "is primarily devoted to preserving his regime and his own personal existence." Huh?
This country fought two world wars and repelled efforts to invade it, we are now being invaded on a daily basis by thousands of asylum seekers and can expect thousands more when the EC is extended.