invasion
noun
Examples of invasion in a Sentence
Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Weaning itself off gas has been a particular challenge for Germany, which had become used to powering its heavy industries with cheap imports from Russia in the decades before the invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis.
—Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024
April 8, 2024 Two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the hourly artillery duels, airstrikes and pitched fighting in the country’s east and south have turned the more than 600-mile front line into a scarred frontier.
—Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Historically, some of the most valuable openings have come as a result of missteps by Washington and its partners in the region, such as the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made Japan more worried about China trying to move on Taiwan.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
The country also hosted Russian and Chinese naval forces for an exercise that occurred on the anniversary of the invasion.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
Russ Wiles Warmer weather means more motorists on the road and slightly higher gasoline prices at the pump, though no sharp increases as in 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted international supplies of crude oil.
—The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
The Israeli military said at least 256 soldiers have been killed since the ground invasion of Gaza began.
—NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Middle English invasioun "assault, attack," borrowed from Anglo-French invasion, envasioun, borrowed from Late Latin invāsiōn-, invāsiō "attack, taking possession by violence," from Latin invādere "to enter with hostile intent, assault, attack" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at invade
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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