Incursion

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  • noun. An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion.
  • noun. The act of entering another's territory or domain.
  • noun. The act of entering or running into.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A running in or into something; an inroad or invasion.
  • noun. Synonyms Irruption, raid.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.
  • noun. Attack; occurrence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
  • noun. the mistake of incurring liability or blame
  • noun. the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
    • Word Usage
    "Moammar Gadhafi's regime over what it called an incursion by Libyan forces, the Foreign Ministry said."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    entering  entrance  entry  error  fault  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Persian  aspersion  aversion  conversion  dispersion  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    artefact  confrontation  counterattack  depredation  firefight  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    air attack  air raid  air strike  attack  boarding  
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