invade
verb
[ ɪnˈveɪd ]
• (of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it.
• "during the Second World War the island was invaded by the Axis powers"
Similar:
occupy,
conquer,
capture,
seize,
take (over),
annex,
win,
gain,
secure,
march into,
overrun,
overwhelm,
storm,
descend on,
swoop on,
swarm over,
surge over,
make inroads on,
attack,
assail,
assault,
raid,
plunder,
maraud,
Opposite:
withdraw from,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack or assault (a person’)): from Latin invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’.
