Synonyms:
invasion
Meaning: the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
Synonyms:
invasion, encroachment, intrusion
Meaning: any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"
Usage examples
The invasion of the unknown is of the nature of an adventure; we cannot be sure in advance.
What becomes, during this progressive invasion, of independent cultivation, exclusive domain, property?
In the fifth century, the invasion of the Barbarians partially restored the world to a state of natural equality.
The early demonstrations of the enemy showed that Virginia was liable to invasion from the north, from the east, and from the west.
If it is allowed to stand, there is no telling in what quarter the next invasion of liberty will be made by fanatics possessed with the itch for perfection.
This property, like that of the Romans, was wholly individual, independent, exclusive, transferable, and consequently susceptible of accumulation and invasion.
There was something in it all that made the curate feel there ought to be more--as if the night knew something he did not; and he yielded himself to its invasion.
Rumors of the war with Bonaparte and his invasion were connected in their minds with the same sort of vague notions of Antichrist, the end of the world, and "pure freedom."
The moment that the last of the Macedonian dynasty was gone, the elements of discord seemed unchained, and the double scourge of civil war and foreign invasion began to afflict the empire.
To add that there could be no justification for the invasion of a State by an army of the United States, is but to repeat what has been said, on the absence of any authority in the General Government to coerce a State.