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- Dictionaryinvasion/ɪnˈveɪʒn/
noun
- 1. an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force: "Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812" Similar Opposite
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an action or process that affects someone's life in an unpleasant and unwanted way: an invasion of privacy. Fewer examples. The D-Day invasion was a concerted exercise by the armed forces of Britain, the US and Canada. The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.
: the incoming or spread of something usually hurtful. Synonyms. descent. foray. incursion. inroad. irruption. raid. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of invasion in a Sentence. The enemy launched an invasion. The people live under a constant threat of invasion.
An invasion is a military offensive of combatants of one geopolitical entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory controlled by another similar entity.
If you describe an action as an invasion, you disapprove of it because it affects someone or something in a way that is not wanted. [ disapproval ] Is reading a child's diary always a gross invasion of privacy?
noun. 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. invasion. / ɪnˈveɪʒən / noun. the act of invading with armed forces.
an action or process that affects someone's life in an unpleasant and unwanted way: an invasion of privacy. Fewer examples. The D-Day invasion was a concerted exercise by the armed forces of Britain, the US and Canada. The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.
the fact of a large number of people or things arriving somewhere, especially people or things that are unpleasant. the annual tourist invasion. Farmers are struggling to cope with an invasion of slugs. Robberies and home invasions are grim facts of daily life. see also pitch invasion. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
An invasion is the movement of an army into a region, usually in a hostile attack that's part of a war or conflict. World history is full of descriptions of invasions. One country's army plundering or taking over a city or piece of land in another country is an invasion.
1. The act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer. 2. The entry into bodily tissue and subsequent proliferation of an injurious entity, such as a pathogen or tumor. 3. An intrusion or encroachment: Your reading her diary was an invasion of her privacy.
Invasion definition: The act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer.
