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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun invasion has 3 senses
- invasion(n = noun.act) Array - the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder; Array is a kind of incursion, penetration
- invasion(n = noun.event) encroachment, intrusion - any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" is a kind of entering, entrance
- invasion(n = noun.event) Array - (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures" is a kind of spread, spreading
has particulars: inroad
Derived form verb invade1
Derived forms verb invade2, verb invade3
Derived form verb invade4
CIDE DICTIONARY
invasion, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.].
- The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass. [1913 Webster]
- A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. [1913 Webster]
- The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
invasion, n.
1 the act of invading or process of being invaded.
2 an entry of a hostile army into a country.
1 the act of invading or process of being invaded.
2 an entry of a hostile army into a country.
Derivative
invasive adj.
Etymology
F invasion or LL invasio (as INVADE)
THESAURUS
invasion
adoption, aggression, air attack, air raid, air strike, appropriation, arrogation, assault, assumption, attack, blitzkrieg, boarding, breach, drive, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, escalade, fire raid, foray, impingement, imposition, incursion, infestation, infiltration, influx, infraction, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion, irruption, lousiness, obtrusion, offense, offensive, onslaught, overrunning, overspreading, overswarming, plague, playing God, raid, ravage, razzia, saturation raid, scaling, seizure, shuttle raid, storming, swarm, swarming, teeming, transgression, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry, usurpation, violationROGET THESAURUS
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Attack
N attack, assault, assault and battery, onset, onslaught, charge, aggression, offense, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, outbreak, estrapade, ruade, coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade, raid, foray, run at, run against, dead set at, storm, storming, boarding, escalade, siege, investment, obsession, bombardment, cannonade, fire, volley, platoon fire, file fire, fusillade, sharpshooting, broadside, raking fire, cross fire, volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer, cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado, carte and tierce, home thrust, coupe de bec, kick, punch, battue, razzia, Jacquerie, dragonnade, devastation, eboulement, assailant, aggressor, invader, base of operations, point of attack, echelon, attacking, aggressive, offensive, obsidional, up in arms, on the offensive, Int, up and at them!, the din of arms, the yell of savage rage, the shriek of agony, the groan of death, their fatal hands no second stroke intend, thirst for glory quells the love of life.Ingress
N ingress, entrance, entry, introgression, influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption, ingression, penetration, interpenetration, illapse, import, infiltration, immigration, admission, insinuation, insertion, inlet, way in, mouth, door, barway, path, conduit, immigrant, incoming.
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