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Definition of Invasion
Invasion

The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.

The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.

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Invasion Quotations

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
Abraham Lincoln

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not the invasion of ideas.
Victor Hugo

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
Victor Hugo

I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.
Antonio Tabucchi

Invasion Translations

invasion in Dutch is inval, invasie
invasion in French is invasion
invasion in German is Einfall
invasion in Italian is invasione
invasion in Latin is incursio
invasion in Norwegian is invasjon, krenkelse


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