About The Word Invasive
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Invasive
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What's The Definition Of Invasive?
[adj] gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
[adj] marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [adj] (medicine) relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision [adj] involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" Synonyms | Synonyms for Invasive: aggressive | encroaching(a) | fast-growing(a) | incursive | intrusive | invading | offensive | trespassing(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Invasive: advancing | assailing | assaulting | attacking | charging | driving | entering | in | inbound | incoming | incursionary | incursive | inflooding | inflowing | ingoing | ingressive | inpouring | interfering | interruptive | intervenient | intrusive | invading | invasionary | inward | inward-bound | irruptive | obtrusive | thrusting See Also | Invasive In Webster's Dictionary \In*va"sive\, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See
{Invade}.]
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
``Invasive war.'' --Hoole.
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