Synonyms for invasion
ɪnˈveɪ ʒənin·va·sion

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1. invasionnoun

   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, incursion, infringement, intrusion, onset, onslaught, trespass

   Antonyms:
   defense, repulsion, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender

   Preposition:
   The enemy made an attack upon (or on) our works.

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1. invasion

   Synonyms:
   irruption, encroachment

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1. invasionnoun

   the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

   Synonyms:
   encroachment, intrusion

2. invasion, encroachment, intrusionnoun

   any entry into an area not previously occupied

   "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"

   Synonyms:
   violation, usurpation, trespass, intrusion, encroachment, impact, impingement

3. invasionnoun

   (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body

   "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"

   Synonyms:
   encroachment, intrusion

Matched Categories

1. • Medicine
   • Penetration
   • Spread

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1. invasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, aggression, incursion, irruption, inroad, forray, raid

2. invasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   encroachment, infringement, violation

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1. invasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   irruption, foray, raid, aggression, violation, infringement, encroachment, intrenchment

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1. List of paraphrases for "invasion":

   invading, incursion, aggression, encroachment, invade, invasions, intrusion, invasiveness, invaded

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1. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya:

   The invasion of Ukraine by the Belarusian army is a step with irreversible ramifications, it would be a shameful stain on relations with the Ukrainian people and would further isolate Belarus from the rest of the world, right up to the Iron Curtain, behind which Belarus would not be seen as an independent state, and life in the country would descend into poverty.

2. Paul Barrett:

   If Russia, because of the incredibly high tensions created by the Ukraine invasion, seeks to lash out at the US by mucking up our midterm elections, one way they could do that is by hacking into Twitter, taking over accounts of prominent people, having them say divisive things and creating chaos the way Russians have shown they like to do.

3. Brenda Johnson:

   If we don't get McAuliffe in the governor's position and we get Youngkin, I am afraid we are going to have another Trump invasion and this country doesn't need that, too many of his principles are the same as Trump's, and we have suffered so terribly behind that administration that I'm afraid for the country.

4. Toomas Hendrik Ilves:

   The watershed moment was Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008.

5. Handerch Wakana Mura:

   With each passing day, we see the destruction advance: deforestation, invasion, logging, we are sad because the forest is dying at every moment. We feel the climate changing and the world needs the forest.