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| 1. | [ adjective ] marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue | |
| Examples: | "invasive cancer cells" |
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| Related terms: | confined aggressive aggressive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (medicine) relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision | |
| Related terms: | noninvasive medicine | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] involving invasion or aggressive attack | |
| Synonyms: | invading incursive | |
| Examples: | "invasive war" |
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| Related terms: | offensive | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] gradually intrusive without right or permission | |
| Synonyms: | trespassing encroaching | |
| Examples: | "we moved back from the encroaching tide" "invasive tourists" "trespassing hunters" |
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| Related terms: | intrusive | |
| Similar spelling: |
invasion invisible in-basket in_passing invaginate infeasible in_absentia invective infusion infective |
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