French-English translations for envahir
- invadeAt least they have said that they will not invade the Netherlands. Encore heureux qu'ils ne disent pas qu'ils vont envahir les Pays-Bas. We have the continuing threats of Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait and Iran. Saddam Hussein menace en permanence d'envahir le Koweït et l'Iran. It was being used against the European Union, cited as an effort to invade everybody's privacy. Certains l'utilisaient contre l'Union européenne, le citaient comme une tentative d'envahir notre vie privée à tous.
- encroach
- overcometo overcome enemies in battleWe shall overcomeI was overcome with anger
- overrunTheir lives consist in grovelling before a leader who tells them each morning that the entire world wants to overrun them. Elles vivent prosternées devant un leader qui leur dit tous les matins que le monde entier veut les envahir. The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.The athlete overran the finish line and kept going
- overwhelmIf we give up in the face of difficulty and if we allow ourselves to become overwhelmed by pessimism, then we will not achieve any objective whatsoever. Si nous abandonnons devant les difficultés et si nous nous laissons envahir par le pessimisme, nous n’atteindrons aucun objectif, quel qu’il soit. The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- pervadeCruel wars pervade history
- raida police raid of a narcotics factorya raid of contractors on the public treasuryThe police raided the gambling den.
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