What is another word for invades?

Pronunciation: [ɪnvˈe͡ɪdz] (IPA)

Invades, also known as intrudes, infiltrates, violates, trespasses, encroaches upon, penetrates, and breaches, refers to the act of forcefully entering or encroaching on someone else's territory or personal space. In general, the term 'invades' connotes aggression and an unwelcome or unwanted presence. Synonyms for invades are often used when referring to military or hostile incursions into a particular territory. The word 'invades' may also connote the crossing of ethical or moral boundaries, such as when private information is revealed without permission or when boundaries in a romantic relationship are crossed without explicit consent.

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Usage examples for Invades

In the latter disease the pneumonia generally invades certain lobes.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Ruthlessly now she invades even my dreams And wounds me in sleep; And my body cries out for her, Early and late and forever cries out for her, And her alone,- And I want this woman!
"Open Water"
Arthur Stringer
264; his alliance with John, 334, 337; invades France, 338, 342 Oudenarde, battle of, vii.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green

Famous quotes with Invades

  • Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
    Samuel Alexander
  • You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well.
    Samuel Alexander
  • Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper.
    Henry Brooke
  • Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.
    Italo Calvino
  • The dominant invades the entire picture, as it were. In this way I seek to individualize the color, because I have come to believe that there is a living world of each color and I express these worlds.
    Yves Klein

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