invasion
an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease.
entrance as if to take possession or overrun: the annual invasion of the resort by tourists.
infringement by intrusion.
Origin of invasion
1Other words from invasion
- pre·in·va·sion, adjective
- re·in·va·sion, noun
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How to use invasion in a sentence
Over three books, author Liu Cixin tells the story of the ultimate betrayal of humanity by a group of people who invite an alien invasion of Earth.
These are all the ways Chinese fans think Netflix will ruin “The Three-Body Problem” | Jane Li | September 5, 2020 | QuartzThe Kremlin, in neighboring Russia, has recognized Lukashenko’s victory and promised to uphold its treaty and defend Belarus from a foreign invasion … which caused many to fear Lukashenko would blame the protests on foreign adversaries.
Beyond all the ways that proctoring software can discriminate against students, algorithmic proctoring is also a significant invasion of privacy.
Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy | Amy Nordrum | August 7, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe use of these tools is an invasion of students’ privacy and, often, a civil rights violation.
Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy | Amy Nordrum | August 7, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewEverything from actually an invasion to different possibilities that would not put our troops on the ground.
Figuring how to train Iraqi forces has dogged the United States since the 2003 invasion.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’ | Nancy A. Youssef | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe branded it a fifth-column invasion into popular culture, normalizing radical, even communist ambitions.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne lefty tweeter even complained that an invasion of icky American tourists would undermine “family values” in Cuba.
Castro's Hipster Apologists Want to Keep Cuba ‘Authentically’ Poor | Michael Moynihan | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHikmatullah Shadman started working for American Special Forces teams in 2002 after the invasion that toppled the Taliban.
And Western capitals sought to play down the Russian invasion.
Spain is at war with North America, and now offers us this sugar-plum to draw us to her side to defend her against invasion.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanWright and his followers regard the opsonic index as an index of the power of the body to combat bacterial invasion.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddSo dies the invasion of England bogey which, from first to last, has wrought us an infinity of harm.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonSome other stimulus to our Territorial recruiting than the fear of invasion will have to be invented in future.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAt the English invasion of 1296, they would both be vigorous young men of twenty-two, or thereabouts.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for invasion
/ (ɪnˈveɪʒən) /
the act of invading with armed forces
any encroachment or intrusion: an invasion of rats
the onset or advent of something harmful, esp of a disease
pathol the spread of cancer from its point of origin into surrounding tissues
the movement of plants to a new area or to an area to which they are not native
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