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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "invade"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to enter a territory using armed forces in order to occupy or take control of it
Intransitive
Transitive: to invade a territory
to invade definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Historically, empires often sought to invade and expand their territories.
āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāϤāĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intrude upon or encroach on someone’s personal space, thoughts, or feelings
Transitive: to invade someone's privacy or thoughts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sadness began to invade her thoughts, overwhelming her with grief.
āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ– āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇ overwhelmed āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to enter a place, situation, or activity in large numbers
Transitive: to invade a place or situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Social media platforms have been invaded by advertisements, making them harder to navigate.
āϏ⧋āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āĻ­āĻŋāϗ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

(of a parasite or disease) to spread into and affect an organism or part of its body
Transitive: to invade an organ or tissue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The disease quickly invaded the body's tissues, spreading from one organ to another.
āϰ⧋āĻ—āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āϟāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤

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