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Word entry · 8 letters

invasion

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"Hostile entry"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈveɪʒən/Part of speech nounSorted aiinnosvStarts with IEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō.

Used in a sentence

  • Since Michel's days, however, many barbarian invasions had subdivided the Three Gauls into a melange of warsome states and tribes, all, nevertheless, acquiring a vaguely similar grace, if not a petite grandeur.
  • Yeh actually works in marketing, and his weapon is a replica -- but he is spending the weekend attending an urban warfare workshop to prepare for what he sees as the very real threat of a Chinese invasion.
  • an invasion of mobile phones

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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