envahir
French → English
(military) To invade: to enter a territory by force with the intent to conquer
Avant que la Chine n’envahisse le Tibet, des milliers de moines y vivaient.
(English) Before China invaded Tibet, thousands of monks lived there.
Les Soviétiques ont envahi et annexé la Lituanie en 1940.
(English) The Soviets invaded and annexed Lithuania in 1940.
(occupancy) To overrun: to spread over and occupy an area in large numbers
Les mouches ont envahi Paris et sont venues s’abattre sur les passants.
(English) Flies overran Paris and started landing on passersby.
Le Genêt à balai envahit rapidement les cultures abandonnées du village.
(English) Scotch broom quickly overruns the abandoned crops of the village.
(psychological) To overwhelm: to suddenly fill someone's mind, like a feeling
Une colère sourde et terrible l’envahit et le domina complètement.
(English) A dull and terrible anger overwhelmed him and dominated him completely.
La peur commença à envahir les passagers lors de la tempête.
(English) Fear began to overwhelm the passengers during the storm.
Entry ID: fr:en:envahir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary