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Invading   /ɪnvˈeɪdɪŋ/   Listen
Invading

adjective
1.
Involving invasion or aggressive attack.  Synonyms: incursive, invasive.


Invade

verb
(past & past part. invaded; pres. part. invading)
1.
March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.  Synonym: occupy.
2.
To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate.  Synonyms: encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon.  "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
3.
Occupy in large numbers or live on a host.  Synonyms: infest, overrun.
4.
Penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way.



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"Invading" Quotes from Famous Books



... 3.5 million people from violence, famine, and disease. Foreign businesses curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict, lack of infrastructure, and the difficult operating environment. Conditions improved in late 2002 with the withdrawal of a large portion of the invading foreign troops. The transitional government has reopened relations with international financial institutions and international donors, and President KABILA has begun implementing reforms. Much economic activity lies outside the GDP data. Economic stability ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... as satisfaction, in being able to "bring forth butter in a lordly dish." Kitchen crockery is being rapidly supplanted by the porcelain enamel dishes, which, though rather more expensive in the beginning, are unbreakable, and so cheaper in the long run. They are even invading the domain of the faithful yellow mixing bowl and becoming decidedly popular therein, being light in weight and more easily handled. The complete equipment of the kitchen is a more costly operation than one is apt to imagine, individual ...
— The Complete Home • Various
... before the table at which she had been working on her sketch, raised her head at the noise of the opening door. The invading manner of their entrance gave her the sense of something she had never seen before. She knew them well. She knew the woman better than she knew her father. There had been between them an intimacy of relation as great as it can possibly be without the final closeness of affection. ...
— Chance - A Tale in Two Parts • Joseph Conrad
... time. There are occasional reverses, but the whole line in general progresses. Each year witnesses the acquirement of new territory. It is seen that through the centuries there is an ever-growing momentum as knowledge, efficiency, and organization increase the strength of this invading army of ...
— Artificial Light - Its Influence upon Civilization • M. Luckiesh
... place, this provision of the bill seems to be unnecessary, as adequate judicial remedies could be adopted to secure the desired end without invading the immunities of legislators, always important to be preserved in the interest of public liberty; without assailing the independence of the judiciary, always essential to the preservation of individual rights; and ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 6: Andrew Johnson • James D. Richardson


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