invasion
noun
an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
reinvasion
-
a word derived from
invasion.
Example Sentences
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The target predators often breed faster than they can be removed, catching the last few animals that avoid traps or baits is time-consuming and costly, and guarding against reinvasion is difficult, scientists say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2024
Preventing reinvasion is a concern particularly for offshore islands.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
Upon reinvasion of the same pathogen type, a pronounced immune response occurs at the mucosal site where the original pathogen deposited, but a collective defense is also organized within interconnected or adjacent mucosal tissue.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
With so much boat traffic, the risk of reinvasion will be very high, says James Russell, an ecologist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand who has a special interest in rat invasions.
From Nature ● May 15, 2013
If they had done that, Douglas MacArthur, instead of receiving victory plaudits in Seoul last week, would probably have been sitting in Tokyo directing the reinvasion of Korea from Japan.
From Time Magazine Archive
