couvade | (noun) a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child | - |
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evade | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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(verb) use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid | - |
(verb) escape, either physically or mentally | Synonyms: bilk, elude |
(verb) practice evasion | - |
invade | (verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | Synonyms: occupy |
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(verb) penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way | - |
(verb) to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate | Synonyms: encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon |
(verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: infest, overrun |
pervade | (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, riddle |
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