invade

Everyday

1. To invade a country or place is to enter it with an army in order to take control of it. tree →
2. To invade can mean to come into a place in large numbers, often unwelcome: ants invaded the kitchen. tree →
3. To invade someone's privacy or personal space is to get too close or poke into things that are theirs. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons, invasions shape whole topics: the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans invaded Britain; in today's news, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is reported as such by most countries and condemned in UN votes. In science, germs and invasive species (like grey squirrels in Britain or cane toads in Australia) «invade» habitats. In everyday life, children learn to respect personal space and privacy. Phrases: «invade a country», «invade someone's privacy», «invasive species», «invaders».

Examples

• The Romans invaded Britain and built roads and towns. tree →
• The Vikings invaded from across the North Sea. tree →
• Ants invaded our picnic. tree →
• Please don't invade my personal space. tree →
• Reading my diary is invading my privacy! tree →
• Germs invade the body and make us ill. tree →
• Cane toads have invaded large parts of Australia. tree →
• I have often heard how they invade this land, kill and rob the people, and carry off all they can find. tree →

Note

Noun forms: «invasion» (the act), «invader» (the person or army). Adjective: «invasive». Drop the e: «invading». In history and news, ask who invaded whom and what each side says.

In Jewish tradition

In history lessons, invasions shape whole topics: the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans invaded Britain; in today's news, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is reported as such by most countries and condemned in UN votes. In science, germs and invasive species (like grey squirrels in Britain or cane toads in Australia) «invade» habitats. In everyday life, children learn to respect personal space and privacy. Phrases: «invade a country», «invade someone's privacy», «invasive species», «invaders».

Examples

• Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year. (Prophets 2KI.13.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom Thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not; (Writings 2CH.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Noun forms: «invasion» (the act), «invader» (the person or army). Adjective: «invasive». Drop the e: «invading». In history and news, ask who invaded whom and what each side says.