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   In·va·sive

   /inˈvāsiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of plants or a disease) tending to spread prolifically and undesirably or harmfully: "patients suffering from invasive cancer"
   • ▪ (especially of an action or sensation) 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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