INVADE

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

  "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

  synonyms : occupy

• (verb) penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

  "The cancer had invaded her lungs"

• (verb) to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

  "This new colleague invades my territory", "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"

  synonyms : encroach upon , intrude on , obtrude upon

• (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host

  "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

  synonyms : infest , overrun

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