invade

1. (transitive) To move into.Examples: "Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy."; "Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the griesly shade."transitive

2. (transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.Examples: "Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982."; "After shaking off a pre-dawn counterattack on Tinian Monday, the American forces that invaded that island Sunday broadened and deepened their hold. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the Japanese in breaking up the attack and five enemy tanks destroyed."; "When a typical gaffe has him invading the Beagle and trying to rob Charles Darwin (David Tennant), he learns that his beloved “parrot” Polly is actually a dodo bird."transitive

3. (transitive) To infest or overrun.Examples: "The picnic was invaded by ants."transitive