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Another word for invasion

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Noun

  1. An act of invading, especially by military forces

      1. An attempt, as by a business concern, to lure employees from a competitor
      2. A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
      3. An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.
      1. Any advance; esp., an intrusion or encroachment
      2. A sudden invasion or raid
      3. A hostile invasion; a raid.
      1. The act of entering or running into:
      2. The act of entering another's territory or domain.
      3. A sudden, brief invasion or raid
      1. A sudden attack or raid into enemy territory, as to seize something or to plunder
      2. A sudden raid or military advance.
      3. A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area:
    See also:

    enter

    attack

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Another word for invasion

Noun
      1. An unprovoked attack or warlike act; specif., the use of armed force by a state in violation of its international obligations
      2. Forceful, assertive, or overbearing behavior or attitudes:
      3. The practice or habit of taking hostile actions or launching military attacks:
      1. The act of entering another's territory or domain.
      2. A sudden, brief invasion or raid
      3. An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion.
      1. The act of intruding or the condition of being intruded on.
      2. (--- Law) The illegal entering upon another's property without right to possession
      3. The rock mass produced by an intrusive process.
    See also:

    attack

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Sentence Examples

  • In April 1831 William took the command of a Dutch army for the invasion of Belgium, and in a ten-days' campaign defeated and dispersed the Belgian forces under Leopold I.

  • It seemed an invasion of his privacy, but he had insisted that it was now all theirs, not his.

  • Napoleon could not have commanded an invasion of Russia and never did so.

  • Ordinarily she would have thumped him on top of the head or yelled, but fearful of offending a customer, she tolerated his invasion of her space.

  • Under Byzantium it remained nominally until the 10th century, when we find the chief magistrate still bearing the title of apXow.3 In the 8th century 4 (720) the period of Saracen invasion began; but the Saracens never secured a firm footing in the island.

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