What does incursion mean?
Definitions for incursion
ɪnˈkɜr ʒən, -ʃənin·cur·sion
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Princeton's WordNet
incursionnoun
the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
"the incursion of television into the American living room"
penetration, incursionnoun
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
incursionnoun
the mistake of incurring liability or blame
Wiktionary
incursionnoun
An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Incursionnoun
Etymology: from incurro, Latin.
Sins of daily incursion, and such as human frailty is unavoidably liable to. Robert South, Sermons.
Spain is very weak at home, or very slow to move, when they suffered a small fleet of English to make an hostile invasion, or incursion, upon their havens and roads. Francis Bacon.
Now the Parthian king hath gather'd all his host
Against the Scythian, whose incursions wild
Have wasted Sogdiana. John Milton, Parad. Regain'd.The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman empire. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.
Wikipedia
Incursion
Incursion is a science fiction roleplaying game created by Richard Tucholka and published by Tri Tac Games in 1992.
Webster Dictionary
Incursionnoun
a running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid
Incursionnoun
attack; occurrence
Wikidata
Incursion
Incursion is a science fiction roleplaying game created by Richard Tucholka and published by Tri Tac Games in 1992.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Incursion
in-kur′shun, n. a hostile inroad.—adj. Incur′sive, making an incursion or inroad. [Fr.,—L. incursion-em—incurrĕre.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
incursion
Invasion without conquest; inroad; ravage.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of incursion in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of incursion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of incursion in a Sentence
It depends on what it does, it's one thing if it's a minor incursion and then we have to end up having to fight about what to do and not do, etcetera.
These are no different than a driver adjusting her position to avoid a temporary lane incursion by an adjacent driver, the US response is pure theater and needlessly creates an exaggerated sense of danger.
For God's sake, can't we help these people defend themselves? This is not an incursion. This is an invasion.
It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion, and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, et cetera, but if they actually do what they’re capable of doing with the forces amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for Russia if they further invade Ukraine.
No incursion into Ukraine is acceptable. What should we be doing about it right now? Well, first we ought to be sending anti-tank weapons to the Ukrainians, helping them learn how to use them, and ground-to-air missiles to go after the helicopters that might be a part, obviously of any Russian incursion, as well as being ready to levy a level of sanctions the Russians have never experienced before.
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