incursion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/
- /ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʃən/
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from Latin incursiō.
Meanings
- A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.
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An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion in the general sense.
Fascinating though the journey is to the traveller, for many years this section of the line was a source of considerable anxiety to the maintenance engineers, and on more than one occasion landslips and incursions of the sea resulted in the railway being closed for several days.
1947 January and February, H. A. Vallance, “The Sea Wall at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:
- (Australia) A function hosted within an educational institution, especially by or for students, for recreation, research, education or a display of works.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incursions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
excursion (function) · attack · movement
Deriveds
incursionist · reincursion · incursionary
Relateds
incursive · incur · predatory incursion
Synonyms
Translations (30)
da indtrængen (aggressive movement) · mk у́пад (aggressive movement) · hy արշավանք (aggressive movement) · uk напад (aggressive movement) · ru наше́ствие (aggressive movement) · fr incursion (aggressive movement) · hy ասպատակություն (aggressive movement) · cs vtrhnutí (aggressive movement) · ru набе́г (aggressive movement) · uk набіг (aggressive movement) · grc εἰσβολή (aggressive movement) · de Einfall (aggressive movement) · ru вторже́ние (aggressive movement) · la incursiō (aggressive movement) · cs vpád (aggressive movement) · es incursión (aggressive movement) · ko 침입 (aggressive movement) · ga ruathar (aggressive movement) · uk наліт (aggressive movement) · hi घुसपैठ (aggressive movement) · bg нашествие (aggressive movement) · hy հարձակում (aggressive movement) · fr invasion (aggressive movement) · hy ներխուժում (aggressive movement) · uk вто́ргнення (aggressive movement) · ar توغل (aggressive movement) · de Eindringen (aggressive movement) · bg набег (aggressive movement) · fi tunkeutuminen (aggressive movement) · bg нахлуване (aggressive movement)