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An instance of invading a country or region in a hostile manner
“Among such events was the invasion of the city by the Russian forces during the course of the Great Northern War in 1706.”
An incursion by a large number of people or things into a place or sphere of activity
“Brazil's victory over Italy in the final occasioned scenes of wild jubilation, a joyful, dancing invasion of fans milling around their victorious players.”
An unwelcome intrusion into another's domain
“The two opposing military blocks were training their forces and crafting military doctrines focused on an invasion into enemy terrain.”
An infringement of a person's rights or privacy
“I feel that many of the questions which I am expected to answer on the census are truly an unnecessary invasion of my privacy.”
(armed/military intervention) Hostile interference by a state in another's affairs
The presence of a large number of pest organisms in a place or area
The act of interfering or encroaching into the affairs of others
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