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Synonyms for incursion
ɪnˈkɜr ʒən, -ʃənin·cur·sion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
incursionnoun
An attack may be by word; an aggression is always by deed. An assault may be upon the person, an aggression is upon rights, possessions, etc. An invasion of a nation's territories is an act of aggression; an intrusion upon a neighboring estate is a trespass. Onslaught signifies intensely violent assault, as by an army or a desperado, tho it is sometimes used of violent speech.
Synonyms:
aggression, assault, attack, attack, encroachment, infringement, intrusion, invasion, onset, onslaught, trespassAntonyms:
defense, repulsion, resistance, retreat, submission, surrenderPreposition:
The enemy made an attack upon (or on) our works.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
incursion
Synonyms:
invasion, encroachment, inroad, irruption, foray, raid, dragonnade, sallyAntonyms:
encampment, settlement, abode, retreat
Princeton's WordNet
incursionnoun
the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
"the incursion of television into the American living room"
Synonyms:
penetrationpenetration, incursionnoun
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
Synonyms:
penetration, insightincursionnoun
the mistake of incurring liability or blame
Synonyms:
penetration
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "incursion":
foray, raid, invasion, penetration, rolled, raiding, storming, sweep, attack, penetrated
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2262 | attack | |
#2293 | movement | |
#4791 | insight | |
#6171 | assault | |
#7170 | raid | |
#7722 | invasion | |
#8695 | rolled | |
#8991 | sally | |
#9116 | penetration | |
#9984 | infringement | |
#11826 | onset | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#12999 | intrusion | |
#15217 | aggression | |
#28122 | penetrated | |
#30473 | onslaught | |
#33365 | trespass | |
#39458 | encroachment | |
#39511 | foray | |
#40066 | storming | |
#53157 | raiding | |
#60311 | incursion | |
#228252 | inroad | |
#263281 | irruption |
How to use incursion in a sentence?
Whatever we do will be done as a part of an international community. The best case though is that we won't see an incursion by the Soviet Union into the Ukraine.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:
We must not forget that this was an incursion into the sovereign territory of Ukraine, Russia annexed Crimea illegally in international law, of course, reforms and steps are needed on the Ukrainian side as well. But we should never equate the two. Russia is the aggressor in this conflict.
It depends on what it does, it's one thing if it's a minor incursion and then we have to end up having to fight about what to do and not do, etcetera.
It's a tough fight. We said a year ago that we expected this fight to expel ISIL from Iraq to be a fight that takes years, with an 's'. Years, iSIL has lost well over 25 percent of the territory that they held at the height of their incursion into Iraq. We have destroyed thousands of pieces of equipment.
It's one thing if it's a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do, et cetera.
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