Antonyms for invade
ɪnˈveɪdin·vade

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1. invadeverb

   To attack is to begin hostilities of any kind. A general invades a country by marching in troops; he attacks a city by drawing up an army against it; he assaults it by hurling his troops directly upon its defenses. Assail and assault, tho of the same original etymology, have diverged in meaning, so that assault alone retains the meaning of direct personal violence. One may assail another with reproaches; he assaults him with a blow, a brandished weapon, etc. Armies or squadrons charge; combat and encounter may be said of individual contests. To beset is to set around, or, so to speak, to stud one's path, with menaces, attacks, or persuasions. To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies. To encounter is to meet face to face, and may be said either of the attacking or of the resisting force or person, or of both.

   Antonyms:
   aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand

   Synonyms:
   assail, assault, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, combat, encounter, fall upon, set upon, storm

   Preposition:
   We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.

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1. invade

   Antonyms:
   vacate, abandon, evacuate, relinquish

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, encroach, occupy, assail, violate, encroach upon, intrude upon, infringe upon, trench upon

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
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1. invade, occupyverb

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

   "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, occupy, encroach upon, engross, obtrude upon, intrude on, busy, worry, absorb, engage, reside, concern, overrun, fill, infest, interest, take, use up

2. intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach uponverb

   to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

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

   Synonyms:
   overrun, encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, infest, occupy

3. invade, overrun, infestverb

   occupy in large numbers or live on a host

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

   Synonyms:
   well over, encroach upon, intrude on, overrun, run over, brim over, obtrude upon, occupy, overflow, infest

4. invadeverb

   penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

   "The cancer had invaded her lungs"

   Synonyms:
   overrun, encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, infest, occupy

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1. invadeverb

   Synonyms:
   infringe, encroach, trespass, intrench, trench

How to use invade in a sentence?

1. Sergio Pena Martinez:

   The most important thing is that marketing does not invade our daily space.

2. Antony Blinken:

   For peace to be just, it must uphold the principles at the heart of the UN Charter: sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence. For peace to be durable, it must ensure Russia can’t simply rest, rearm, and relaunch its war in a few months or a few years, any peace that legitimizes Russia’s seizure of land by force will weaken the Charter and send a message to would-be aggressors everywhere that they can invade countries and get away with it.

3. Richard Blumenthal:

   A financial settlement is no substitute for strict reforms that will stop Google and other tech companies from invading our privacy, i continue to be alarmed by Big Tech's policies and practices that invade children's lives.

4. Andrey Ponomarenko:

   Comrades, if they wanted to invade, they would invade, but they don't invade. Why don't they invade ? Because they have good sense.

5. Sam Cranny-Evans:

   In terms of timelines, what we've seen up until now has been very overt signaling of the intention for the ability to invade Ukraines Donetsk.

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