Definitions for invasion

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invasion in·va·sion

Spelling: [in-vey-zhuh n]

IPA: /ɪnˈveɪ ʒən/

Invasion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in invasion (aiinnosv).

Definitions for invasion

noun

1. an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
2. the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease.
3. entrance as if to take possession or overrun:
4. 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 inva

Examples for invasion

All those who could bear a musket were gone to meet the invasion.

Napoleon was silent a moment, as if protesting against this invasion of his privacy.

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

One lefty tweeter even complained that an invasion of icky American tourists would undermine “family values” in Cuba.

On the invasion of William, as we have seen, it was in the possession of Edwin, sovereign of Deira.

I rubbed my sleepy eyes, and could not quite understand the meaning of this invasion.

Hikmatullah Shadman started working for American Special Forces teams in 2002 after the invasion that toppled the Taliban.

And Western capitals sought to play down the Russian invasion.

This was at a moment when all England was in arms, in anticipation of an invasion from France.

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