invasion
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4.3
- noun
- /ɪnˈveɪʒən/
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invasión
- The constitutional purpose of the state militia was to provide local defense against invasion or insurrection.
- foreign invasion
- repel an invasion
- post-invasion
So, you know, the US invasion, you know, to Iraq.
- So, you know, the US invasion, you know, to Iraq.
- But things have changed since the invasion of Ukraine.
- And this has now been declared an invasion of Ukraine by Joe Biden.
- Phil likewise opposed the invasion of Iraq and said it publicly.
- For example, the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- We saw it, for example, with the reaction to the invasion of Ukraine.
- The major problem besides the invasions was succession.
Examples
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Our allies will see our invasion was just.
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But things have changed since the invasion of Ukraine.
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Together they would fund a great invasion of England to end the war for good.
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Thus was the Empire kept safe from another invasion for another year.
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Prepare for the invasion, and ready the troops.
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We know they are preparing to launch just such an invasion within the next six months.
Fiction book (1992) -
A lot of that's related to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.
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Alf grew up during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.
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To many in the West, Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia seemed to prove the Kremlin's land hunger.
Academic text (2011) -
The historical records detail the Roman invasion of Britain in the first century AD.
Synonyms
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6.3
An act of taking control of a place or people by military force
Taking control of a country or its people using soldiers
A military force that goes into another country to attack and take control
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Compounds
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7.9
A series of Mongol attacks in the 1200s and 1300s that took control of much of Asia and Eastern Europe
- Australian
A quick spread of cane toads into new areas that harms native animals and plants
Allied landing on Leyte Island, Philippines, in October 1944 that began the islands' liberation and saw Japan's first kamikaze attacks
- Australian
A day when Indigenous Australians and their supporters remember the arrival of European settlers and the harm they caused
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Etymology
Invasion comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and vadere 'to go', which is like the English word 'go'. It literally pictures people or armies 'going into' another country by force, so an invasion is when one army enters and tries to take control.