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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 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 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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
