INVASION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

2.
n.

A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.

3.
n.

The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.


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