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- 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"
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.
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.
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.
noun. /ɪnˈveɪʒn/. /ɪnˈveɪʒn/. [countable, uncountable] the act of an army entering another country by force in order to take control of it. the German invasion of Poland in 1939. the threat of invasion. an invasion force/fleet. Collocations War and peace.
n. 1. an act or instance of invading, esp. by an army. 2. the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease. 3. entrance as if to take possession or overrun: the annual invasion of tourists. 4. infringement by intrusion: invasion of privacy.
