Invasion

Noun

 * 1) A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
 * 2)  the entry of a large group into a new area.
 * an invasion of mobile phones
 * an invasion of bees
 * an invasion of foreign tourists

Derived terms

 * British Invasion
 * invasion of privacy
 * invasion stripes
 * pitch invasion

Related terms

 * intervasion
 * invade
 * invader

Adjectives for Invasion
meditated; atrocious; premature; rebel; fratricidal; pioneer; advancing; contaminating; unauthorized; hostile; apparent; lawless; threatened; long-continued; air.

Verbs for Invasion
avert—; curb—; defend against—; deplore — fight—; inform of—; plan—; persist in — protect from—; repel—; resist—; stage — stem—; suffer—; threaten—; yield to—; —destroys; —embitters; —succeeds.

Thesaurus
adoption, aggression, air attack, air raid, air strike, appropriation, arrogation, assault, assumption, attack, blitzkrieg, boarding, breach, drive, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, escalade, fire raid, foray, impingement, imposition, incursion, infestation, infiltration, influx, infraction, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion, irruption, lousiness, obtrusion, offense, offensive, onslaught, overrunning, overspreading, overswarming, plague, playing God, raid, ravage, razzia, saturation raid, scaling, seizure, shuttle raid, storming, swarm, swarming, teeming, transgression, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry, usurpation, violation

Etymology
From invasion:

Translations

 * Arabic: غزو, إغارة, انتهاك
 * Armenian: ներխուժում,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 佔領, 占领, , 入侵,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: आक्रमण
 * Hungarian: invázió
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,


 * Korean: 침입, 침공
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: Invāzija
 * Norwegian: invasjon
 * Persian: تهاجم
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Telugu: ఆక్రమణ
 * Thai: การบุกรุก
 * Turkish: Saldırı
 * Vietnamese: xâm lược, xâm chiếm

Noun

 * 1) invasion

Etymology
From invasionem (nominative of invasio)

Anagrams

 * innovais, visionna