Search results
- Dictionaryin·va·sion/inˈvāZH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force: "in 1546 England had to be defended from invasion" Similar Opposite
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of INVASION is an act of invading; especially : incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. How to use invasion in a sentence.
an occasion when a large number of people or things come to a place in an annoying and unwanted way: the annual invasion of foreign tourists. C2. an action or process that affects someone's life in an unpleasant and unwanted way: an invasion of privacy. Fewer examples.
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.
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. : to enter for conquest or plunder. 2. : to encroach upon : infringe. 3. a. : to spread over or into as if invading : permeate. doubts invade his mind. b. : to affect injuriously and progressively. gangrene invades healthy tissue. invader noun. Synonyms. foray (into) overrun. raid. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
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.
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?
to enter a place in large numbers, usually when unwanted and in order to take possession or do damage: Hundreds of squatters have invaded waste land in the hope that they will be allowed to stay. [ T ] to enter an area of activity in a forceful and noticeable way: Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image. C2 [ T ]
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.
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.
