Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for invade. Search instead for steinvase.
Definitions

invade

[in-veyd] / ɪnˈveɪd /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Constitutional privacy is not lost because the government chooses to invade it one fragment at a time.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

All of the risk stemmed from Hitler’s decision to break his nonaggression pact with Stalin and invade the western part of the U.S.S.R. in June 1941.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Their work helps answer longstanding questions about how these viruses launch replication once they invade a cell.

From Science Daily May 13, 2026

Citing sources in the Danish government, it reported that soldiers, medical supplies and blood were flown into Greenland in January to blow up key airport runways over fears that Trump would invade the arctic island.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2026

In yesterday’s letter, Khrushchev had proposed removing Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy’s promise not to invade.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

If the United States invades Greenland, she will flee her home with her daughter.

From Barron's Jan. 17, 2026

The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

Civil rights groups and privacy campaigners have consistently opposed LFRT, saying it invades people's privacy, and carries an unacceptable risk of misidentification.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2025

The fungus invades the skin tissue of hibernating bats and causes them to wake too often or too early during winter, depleting their precious fat stores when there’s scant food.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2024

Wind lifts my hair, scrubs sand and salt against my skin, invades my nose.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Argentina, ruled at the time by a military junta led by General Leopoldo Galtieri, invaded the islands, situated 300 miles off Argentina's east coast, in 1982.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

“A large group of agitators invaded Newport Beach, spurred on by an alleged ‘TikTok Takeover,’” the Instagram post read, which was later attributed to Joe DeJulio, president of the police association.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

“I’ve always associated horror with summertime, actually. Like ‘Friday the 13th,’ ‘Sleepaway Camp’” — in essence, the freedom of summer invaded by fear and death.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Either the government has invaded a protected privacy interest or it has not.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

In September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, setting loose the Second World War twenty years after Germany’s crushing defeat in the First.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Perhaps it should surprise no-one that a country whose national anthem reminisces about sending an invading English army homeward "tae think again" does not stand four-square behind the "Auld Enemy".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

"I felt I wanted to move away, he was invading my personal space," she told the court.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The prince gave emotional testimony during the proceedings, in which several high-profile figures, including pop star Elton John and actor Elizabeth Hurley, accused the tabloid publisher of invading their privacy.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

The High Court trial earlier this year saw Harry give an emotional testimony as the prince, pop star Elton John, actor Elizabeth Hurley and other public figures accused the tabloid publisher of invading their privacy.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

In 1931, Japan tested the waters, invading the Chinese province of Manchuria and setting up a fiercely oppressive puppet state.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




Vocabulary lists containing invade


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training