Definition of infadel
1. invade [ v ] march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
Examples:
"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
("National Affairs"...)
After a White_House huddle between the President and top lieutenants , the Defense_Department reacted sharply to a cry from the pro-Western government of Laos that several battalions of Communist troops had invaded Laos from North Viet_Nam .
(The Detroit News,...)
Right_now , they are pushing a resolution which would have UN use its forces to invade and subjugate Katanga .
(The New York Times,...)
Soviet_Russia has been invaded twice by German troops in a generation .
(Terence O'Donnell, "Evenings at the Bridge"...)
The Afghans invaded ; the Safavids fell from power ; the capital went elsewhere ; the desert encroached .
Synonyms invade occupy Related Terms attack infest invader occupier2. invade [ v ] to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; This new colleague invades my territory"
Examples:
"The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)
But now we can keep it out no_longer , because we have come into a time when `` it invades our experience at every moment .
This does not allow the mystery to invade us .
Synonyms invade encroach_upon obtrude_upon intrude_on Related Terms go_in enter foray_into invasion3. invade [ v ] occupy in large numbers or live on a host
Examples:
"cockroaches invaded my kitchen"
"Ants overran the picnic table"
"the Kudzu plant infests muchof the South"
and is spreading to the North"
4. invade [ v ] penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
Examples:
"The cancer had invaded her lungs"
Similar Spelling
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