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1. (n.) invasion
an act or instance of invading, esp. by an army.
2. invasion
the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease.
3. invasion
entrance as if to take possession or overrun:
the annual invasion of tourists.
4. invasion
infringement by intrusion:
invasion of privacy.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < LL invāsiō < L invād(ere) to invade)
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| Definition of 'invasion' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) invasion
the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
2. (noun) invasion, encroachment, intrusion
any entry into an area not previously occupied
"an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"
3. (noun) invasion
(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body
"the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"
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1. (noun) invasion
when one country invades another country
the invasion of Poland
2. invasion
when large numbers of things or people come into a place
the town's annual tourist invasion
3. invasion
invasion of privacy
when sb illegally intrudes into the personal life of another person
Is this government policy an invasion of our privacy?
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) invasion
the act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass
2. (noun) invasion
a warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder
3. (noun) invasion
the incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease
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Sense: a person, or (sometimes in singular withthe) an armed force etc, that invades
Our armies fought bravely against the invader(s).
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 Afrikaans: invalling |
 Arabic: غَزْو |
 Bulgarian: нашествие |
 Brazilian: invasão |
 Czech: invaze |
 German: die Invasion |
 Danish: invasion; angreb |
 Greek: εισβολή |
 Spanish: invasión |
 Estonian: sissetung |
 Farsi: تجاوز |
 Finnish: invaasio |
 French: invasion |
 Hebrew: פְּלִישָה |
 Hindi: आक्रमण |
 Croatian: invazija |
 Hungarian: betörés, benyomulás, invá |
 Indonesian: penyerbuan |
 Icelandic: innrás |
 Italian: invasione |
 Japanese: 侵略 |
 Korean: 침략 |
 Lithuanian: užpuolimas, invazija |
 Latvian: iebrukums; iekarošana; ok |
 Malay: serbuan |
 Dutch: invasie |
 Norwegian: invasjon, inntrenging |
 Polish: najazd |
 Persian: تجاوز |
 Pashto: يرغل |
 Portuguese: invasão |
 Romanian: invazie |
 Russian: вторжение |
 Slovak: invázia |
 Slovenian: vdor |
 Serbian: invazija |
 Swedish: invasion |
 Thai: การบุกรุก |
 Turkish: istilâ |
 Taiwanese: 侵略 |
 Ukrainian: навала, вторгнення |
 Urdu: چڑھائی |
 Vietnamese: sự xâm phạm |
 Chinese: 侵略 |
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