invade

intransitive verb

To enter by force in order to conquer or pillage.

intransitive verb

To enter as if by invading; overrun or crowd:

intransitive verb

To enter and proliferate in bodily tissue, as a pathogen.

intransitive verb

To encroach or intrude on; violate.

intransitive verb

To make an invasion.

. To go into or upon; enter.

To enter or penetrate into as an enemy; go or pass into or over with hostile intent, as in a military incursion.

Hence To come into or upon as if by a hostile incursion; make an attack upon.

To intrude upon; infringe; encroach on; violate: as, to invade the privacy of a family.

transitive verb

To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; — used of forcible or rude ingress.