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S: (v) infest, overrun (invade in great numbers) "the roaches infested our kitchen"

S: (v) invade, occupy (march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation) "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

S: (v) attack, assail (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with) "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"

S: (v) submarine (attack by submarine) "The Germans submarined the Allies"
S: (v) pepper, pelt (attack and bombard with or as if with missiles) "pelt the speaker with questions"
S: (v) strike, hit (make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target) "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"
S: (v) counterattack, counterstrike (make a counterattack)
S: (v) gas (attack with gas; subject to gas fumes) "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes"
S: (v) storm, surprise (attack by storm; attack suddenly)
S: (v) blitz (attack suddenly and without warning) "Hitler blitzed Poland"
S: (v) invade, occupy (march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation) "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
S: (v) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent (surround so as to force to give up) "The Turks besieged Vienna"
S: (v) bombard, bomb (throw bombs at or attack with bombs) "The Americans bombed Dresden"
S: (v) strafe (attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane) "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"
S: (v) cannonade (attack with cannons or artillery)
S: (v) torpedo (attack or hit with torpedoes)
S: (v) raid, bust (search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on) "The police raided the crack house"

W: (n) infestation [Related to: infest] (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)
W: (n) infestation [Related to: infest] (a swarm of insects that attack plants) "a plague of grasshoppers"

S: (v) invade, overrun, infest (occupy in large numbers or live on a host) "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
S: (v) overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over (flow or run over (a limit or brim))
S: (v) overrun (seize the position of and defeat) "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
S: (v) overrun (run beyond or past) "The plane overran the runway"