invade
/ɪnˈveɪd/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈveɪd/
ɪnˈveɪd
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪn - ˈveɪd -> invade
Myanmar meaning
(v) ကျူးကျော်ဝင်ရောက်သည်။
Full entry
၁။ ကျူးကျော်ဝင်ရောက်သည်။ ချင်းနင်း ဝင်ရောက်သည်။ The army invaded at dawn. ❍ Alexander the Great invaded India with a large army.
၂။ ချင်းနင်း ဝင်ရောက်သည်။ Thousands of football fans invaded the pitch. ❍ The cancer cells may invade other parts of the body. ❍ (fig ) Her mind was invaded by anxieties/ nightmares.
၃။ ဝင်နှောင့်သည်။ ထိပါးသည်။ invade sb's privacy/ rights.
❏ invader n ကျူးကျော်သူ။ repel the invader(s). See also INVASION
More examples
- The island was invaded during the war.
- They received information that the Americans were preparing to invade.
- Cannes was invaded this week by top names from the film industry.
- The infected cells can invade healthy tissue.
- Closed-circuit TV cameras seem to be invading every aspect of our lives.
- [invade someone’s privacy] : Investigators were spying on people’s homes and invading their privacy.
- The memory of their last meeting kept invading his thoughts.
Synonyms
attack, march into, occupy, enter by force, assault, raid, access, annex, assail, breach, burglarize, burst in, colonize, conquer, crash, crawler, descend upon, enter, entrench, fall on, filler, foray, go in, harrier, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, make inroads, maraud, meddle, muscle in, overrun, overspread, overswarm, packer, parasitize, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plague, plunder, ravage, storm, swarm over, swarmer, trespass, violate, worrier
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