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   invasive

   /ɪnˈveɪsɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully: "patients suffering from invasive cancer"
   • ▪ tending to intrude on a person's thoughts or privacy: "the sound of the piano was invasive"
   • ▪ (of medical procedures) involving the introduction of instruments or other objects into the body or body cavities: "minimally invasive surgery"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from obsolete French invasif, -ive or medieval Latin invasivus, from Latin invadere (see invade).

   Derivatives

   • 1. invasively adverb
   • 2. invasiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   INVASIVE definition: 1. moving into all areas of something and difficult to stop: 2. An invasive organism is one that…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of INVASIVE is tending to spread especially in a quick or aggressive manner. How to use invasive in a sentence.

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   Invasive definition: characterized by or involving invasion; offensive. See examples of INVASIVE used in a sentence.

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   You use invasive to describe something undesirable which spreads very quickly and which is very difficult to stop from spreading.

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   Anything invasive goes or grows where you don’t want it. An invasive procedure at the doctor hurts, and an invasive plant, like kudzu, grows all over the garden. And the yard. And the house.

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   Definition of invasive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.