verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an invading army
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The towns were looted by the invading army.
invade sb's privacy (= try to find out personal things about them, or disturb them when they want to be alone )
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She complained that the magazine had invaded her privacy by printing the photos.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
army
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That night an army of street-cleaning machines invades Ninth Avenue from the north, mowing down anything in their paths.
body
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Ari star-fish stretches out her limbs and feels the water begin to invade her body .
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The disease appeared to have invaded her entire body .
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Then her immune system, crushed by Aids, fell to a wild angry thrush that invaded her body .
country
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The planners say Milton Keynes has brought country living into the town ... Peter says the town has invaded the country.
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He and Poivre proposed to muster a contingent of three thousand troops, seize Tourane and drive inland to invade the country .
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Can a country legally invade another country that has not used military force against it?
home
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He knew why so many people had invaded his home so early in the morning.
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Read in studio Police are hunting a gang of armed robbers who've invaded three homes of people in their eighties.
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As Gwen, an endearing liar and fantasist, Goldie literally invades Martin's home - and ends up stealing his heart.
island
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They backed off that time, but a few days later they tried to invade the island .
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But there were even deeper shadows, strange and grave silences surrounding plans to invade the island .
pitch
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Demonstrators invaded the pitch , but they were repelled and play continued.
privacy
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Some sparrows invaded that privacy , crossing from parapet rail to chair to flower tub.
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It can be autocratic and invade our privacy in ways that earlier generations could not have envisioned.
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Go into too much detail and you're invading the privacy of your ex.
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Safeguards for information sources Seeing their own information does not entitle a client to invade some one else's privacy .
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Then, take care that the photography does not invade the privacy of the neighbourhood.
territory
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In short, the comic poet is invading the territory of the tragic muse.
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The tide turned when Tamerlane invaded their territory and in 1398 successfully raided Delhi, and sacked it without mercy.
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She has, in some way, invaded my territory .
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A stoat had invaded the territory .
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A corollary is that these fans derive pleasurable excitement from going on away trips and invading the territories of opposing fans.
world
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Then evil had invaded his safe world .
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He feels invaded by the world .
■ VERB
try
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They backed off that time, but a few days later they tried to invade the island.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A virus has invaded most of their computers.
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Enemy forces were almost certainly preparing to invade .
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Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.
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In his latest film, super-intelligent aliens invade Earth and try to take over.
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Sicily was invaded by the Normans, and later by the Saracens.