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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invade.

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Examples

  • The Hun conqueror of the title invades Italy and is smitten by Odabella, one of the vanquished.

    The Hun Wears Prada Heidi Waleson 2010

  • In the most gruesome scenario, evangelicals envision a global battle breaking out when a 200-million-man army invades from the east and Jesus returns to take on the Antichrist.

    August 2006 2006

  • You don’t create the virus that makes you sick through a willing act – in invades you and multiplies and is dependent on you, but its existence isn’t traced to you.

    In Search of Fetal Metaphors 2005

  • When we look to sports for a political metaphor, I tend to get a little squeamish, especially as sports jargon invades the language of politics, but when I think about Bill Belichick, the coach of the New England Patriots football team, I marvel at how a thoroughly progressive man with a progressive plan has come to dominate NFL football, on of the reddest of our red good ole boy sports.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • In Md., felt boots blamed for invasive 'rock snot' As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Some not so publicized facts about the man who 'invades' the minds of television viewers across America.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Lou Dobbs Swears E.T. Is Not An Illegal Alien 2007

  • Some not so publicized facts about the man who "invades" the minds of television viewers across America. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Lou Dobbs Swears E.T. Is Not An Illegal Alien 2007

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