Assault
Invade
Invade verb - To enter for conquest or plunder.
Usage example: a superpower that had a tendency to invade and take over smaller and weaker countries
Assault is a synonym for invade in attack topic. You can use "Assault" instead a verb "Invade", if it concerns topics such as action, assail, attack and encroach.
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Inverted in Stellaris, your empire, or AI empires for that matter, can invade pre-FTL species through either an all-out assault or infiltration.
Source: Alien Invasion -
The Black Arms invade in Shadow the Hedgehog, though the all-out assault on Earth had been planned out at least fifty years prior.
Source: Alien Invasion -
Amane has to convince them to keep working together in episode 20 when she begins planning a final assault on the gate the Wulgaru are using to invade Earth with.
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