Definitions for incursion

incursion in·cur·sion

Spelling: [in-kur-zhuh n, -shuh n]
IPA: /ɪnˈkɜr ʒən, -ʃən/

Incursion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in incursion (ciinnorsu).

Definitions for incursion

noun

  1. a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid:
  2. a harmful inroad.
  3. a running in:

Origin of incursion

1400-50; late Middle English Latin incursiōn- (stem of incursiō) raid, equivalent to incurs(us) (past participle of incurrere to incur) + -iōn- -

Examples for incursion

Much of the American left is critical of Israel, particularly since its incursion into Gaza.

He did not take the incursion of the foreigner “lying down.”

Israel makes an incursion into Gaza every few years, and we always have little choice but to let it play out.

The idea of an Indian incursion, with him at the head of it, seemed too improbable.

In 1818 the crops of the settlers were devoured by an incursion of locusts.

Griswold was undeniably an incursion on democratic powers with a definite whiff of activism.

They have fled before that incursion as a flock of birds before a whirlwind.

In the course of the year an incursion was made to destroy the Lacantuns.

And I remember once there was a Nicaraguan Sandinista incursion in Honduras and the Nicaraguans denied it.

And at midnight Spanish time, the Nicaraguans said, ‘Okay, we had an incursion, but it was justified.’

Word Value for incursion
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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