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1. (adj.) invasive
characterized by or involving invasion; offensive.
2. invasive
invading, or tending to invade; intrusive.
3. invasive
requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other medical instrument into a part of the body.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < ML)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) invasive
relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
2. (adj) invasive
marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
"invasive cancer cells"
3. (adj) incursive, invading, invasive
involving invasion or aggressive attack
"invasive war"
4. (adj) encroaching(a), invasive, trespassing(a)
gradually intrusive without right or permission
"we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) invasive
tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive
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