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invasion
/ˌɪnˈveɪʒən/
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What does invasion mean?
noun
- A military action consisting of a large armed force of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
- The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.
- The spread of cancer cells, bacteria and such to the organism.
More meanings (1)
noun
- The breaching of the skin barrier.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪnˈveɪʒən/
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I doubt whether any case is on record of an invasion on so grand a scale of one plant over the aborigines.
I hardly reckoned on such a success, which obliges me to put some order into the invasion with which I am threatened.
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At any rate, whether we expect another invasion or not, our views of the human future must be greatly modified by these events.
Instructed by experience, the Directory closed the clubs and put an end to the invasion of the populace by energetically shooting them down.
This was the origin and cause of the Amazonian invasion of Attica, which would seem to have been no slight or womanish enterprise.