invasion

[ in-vey-zhuh n ]

/ ɪnˈveɪ ʒən /

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.

Origin of invasion

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin invāsīon- (stem of invāsiō), equivalent to invās(us), past participle of invādere + -iōn- -ion; see invade

pre·in·va·sion, adjective re·in·va·sion, noun

Figuring how to train Iraqi forces has dogged the United States since the 2003 invasion.

Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’ |Nancy A. Youssef |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
One lefty tweeter even complained that an invasion of icky American tourists would undermine “family values” in Cuba.

Castro's Hipster Apologists Want to Keep Cuba ‘Authentically’ Poor |Michael Moynihan |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hikmatullah Shadman started working for American Special Forces teams in 2002 after the invasion that toppled the Taliban.

Special Forces’ $77M ‘Hustler’ Hits Back |Kevin Maurer |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And Western capitals sought to play down the Russian invasion.

Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine’s Militias? |Jamie Dettmer |November 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

That left nuclear weapons as the only resort to stop a Soviet invasion.

I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk |Clive Irving |November 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And what if that invasion should be successful, and in the coming battle, the Army of the Potomac should be overpowered?

The Battle of Gettysburg |Frank Aretas Haskell
He was afterwards allowed to retire to his estates, and remained in seclusion till the French invasion of 1808.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various
But Mexico's singular topographical position did not secure her from invasion.

Mexico |Charles Reginald Enock
The French invasion of the south was arrested, and time given to the Spaniards.

With Moore at Corunna |G. A. Henty
The French Government had been warned long before that an invasion of this region would be regarded as an Pg 727 unfriendly act.

A History of England |Charles Oman

invasion

/ (ɪnˈveɪʒən) /

the act of invading with armed forces

any encroachment or intrusion an invasion of rats

the onset or advent of something harmful, esp of a disease

pathol the spread of cancer from its point of origin into surrounding tissues

the movement of plants to a new area or to an area to which they are not native