Invading

Definition: Invading

Invading

Adjective

1. Involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "invading" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Synonyms: Invading

Crosswords: Invading

The direct consequence of the Battle of Borodino was Napoleon's flight from Moscow, the destruction of the invading army of 500,000 men, and the destruction of Napoleonic France, on which was laid for the first time, at Borodino, the hand of an adversary stronger in spirit! (War and Peace; writing credit: Sergei Bondarchuk; Vasili Solovyov)

I think of it as shock treatment -- as I said, it's a very outside chance Have you ever heard of exorcism? Well, it's a stylized ritual in which the rabbi or the priest try to drive out the so-called invading spirit. (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

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Books

• How ERPs Are Invading the eRecruiting Market: Analyzing the Approaches of Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• How to Speak Alien: Invading Your Teens' World Without Invading Their Space (reference)

• Invading Reagan (reference)

• Invading the Privacy of God: Rush into God's Presence, Revitalize Your Prayer Life, Put an End to Devotional Boredom (reference)

• Invading Tibet (reference)

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Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer).

An infiltrating ductal carcinoma of human breast origin is seen invading the breast tissue. The cytoplasm of the tumor cells is stained brown with a monoclonal antibody, which recognizes a carcinoembryonic type antigen (CEA) found within the malignant cells. The monoclonal antibody was developed at the NCI laboratory of Dr. Jeffery Schlom. Magnification is 313x. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Doukhobor pilgrims invading Yorkton, Canada, Oct. 28, 1902. Credit: Library of Congress.

Invading mounds of sand forced abandonment of this hog pen. Castro County, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

History of U.S.A. invading China [by] Danian Liu. Credit: Library of Congress.

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And that all men may be restrained from invading others rights, and from doing hurt to one another, and the law of nature be observed, which willeth the peace and preservation of all mankind, the execution of the law of nature is, in that state, put into every man's hands, whereby every one has a right to punish the transgressors of that law to such a degree, as may hinder its violation: for the law of nature would, as all other laws that concern men in this world 'be in vain, if there were no body that in the state of nature had a power to execute that law, and thereby preserve the innocent and restrain offenders. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Mould was invading it, flowers were leaving it.

However, supposing myself to be a minister of state, I could never give my advice for invading them.

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Health

This defense system fights against invading germs like viruses. (references)

A large number of larvae invading the lungs at one time may cause pneumonia. (references)

Usually the cells of the immune system attack only foreign material and invading organisms. (references)

Civil Liberties

Brazil

The MST's tactic of forcibly invading public buildings exemplified increasing aggressiveness on the part of the movement. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

The nationalists expelled invading Greek forces from Anatolia after a bitter war. (references)

Thailand

After more than 400 years of power, in 1767, the Kingdom of Ayutthaya was brought down by invading Burmese armies and its capital burned. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

Vigilante violence includes attacking young persons considered too "un-Islamic" in their dress or activities, invading private homes, abusing unmarried couples, and disrupting concerts or other forms of popular entertainment. (references)

Comoros

There were no reports of the arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of life by security forces on Grande Comore or Moheli; however, during a December 19 unsuccessful coup attempt on Moheli, soldiers killed four invading mercenaries; two other mercenaries were lynched by a mob. (references)

Political Rights

Angola

In August authorities detained seven MPLA members in Lubango, Huila, for invading and vandalizing UNITA-Renovada's municipal office. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "invading": invading force. Additional references.

Chinese 

侵略 (Aggression, incursion, invade, Invaded). (various references)

French

invadant. (various references)

German

eindringend (infiltrating, intruding, irrupting). (various references)

Hungarian

inváziós erõk (invading force, invasion force), inváziós csapatok (invading force). (various references)

Italian

invasore (invader). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

席捲 (conquering, sweeping conquest, sweeping over), 席巻 (conquering, sweeping conquest, sweeping over). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せっけ�" (conquering, economy, interview, soap, sweeping conquest, sweeping over, thrift). (various references)

Korean 

침입 (trespassing). (various references)

Manx

ruegagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

invadingay

Romanian

invadator (invader, invasive), invadare, nãvãlitor, cotropitor (conqueror, invasive). (various references)

Russian 

захватывать;вторгаться. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "invading": reinvading. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: aiding, avidin, dining, diving, indign, niding, vining.

-3 letters: divan, viand.

-4 letters: agin, avid, dang, ding, diva, gadi, gain, inia, nidi, vagi, vain, vang, viga, vina.

-5 letters: aid, ain, and, ani, dag, dig, din, gad, gan, gid, gin, inn, nag, nan, van, via, vig.

+2 letters: invaliding, reinvading.

+3 letters: invaginated, undeviating, vandalising, vandalizing, vindicating.

+4 letters: invalidating.

+5 letters: animadverting, individuating, undeviatingly.

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