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descends upon

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Main Entry: invade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attack and encroach

Synonyms:

access, assail, assault, breach, burglarize, burst in, crash, descend upon, entrench, fall on, foray, go in, infect, infest, infringe, inroad, interfere, loot, make inroads, maraud, meddle, muscle in, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, storm, swarm over, trespass, violate

Antonyms:

leave alone, surrender, yield
Main Entry: land
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrive, come to rest on

Synonyms:

alight, berth, bring in, check in, come ashore, come down, come in, come to berth, debark, descend upon, disembark, ditch, dock, drop anchor, flatten out, get down, ground, level off, light on, make land, pilot, put down, put in, set down, set on deck, settle, sit down, splash down, steer, take down, thump, touch down

Antonyms:

ascend, take off
Main Entry: visit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, haunt

Synonyms:

afflict, assail, attack, avenge, befall, bring down on, descend upon, force upon, impose, inflict, pain, punish, smite, trouble, wreak, wreck
Notes: a visit is an instance of visiting; a visitation is an act of visiting - with visitation carrying the connotation of an unexpected or undesired occurrence
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Land.
Category: 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids

Synonyms:

-nouns
land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma., continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory (projection); highland (height)., coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium , alluvion; anicon., soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag., acres; real estate (property); landsman.
-verbs
land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore, debark.
-adjectives
earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian; alluvial; terrene (world); landed, predial, territorial; geophilous; repicolous.
-adverbs
ashore; on shore, on land.
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