Synonyms for invading
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : in-veyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈveɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for invading Other synonyms for the word invading
Définition of invading
Origin :- late 15c., from Middle French invader "to invade," and directly from Latin invadere "to go into, enter upon; assail, assault, attack" (see invasion). Related: invaded; invading.
- verb attack and encroach
- Thereupon they all followed him into the garden, which the crowd was now invading.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- And what an invading flight, what a sudden outlook upon the world's immensity!
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- Thanks to numbers they had ended by invading every sphere and possessing everything.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- After the invading army had retired, no one will gainsay the sound sense of his behaviour.
- Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon
- In invading the mystery of medicine, they have ruined its prestige.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- It was evidently a complete surprise for the invading force.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- His Secretary is called away; and he has to cope with the invading pigmies.
- Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
- Congress accordingly decided to forestall him by invading Canada.
- Extract from : « The War of Independence » by John Fiske
- Carleton then resumed his preparations for invading New York.
- Extract from : « The War of Independence » by John Fiske
- The plan for invading Sardinia was over-complex and too nicely adjusted.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
Antonyms for invading
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