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US
/ˌɪnˈveɪsɪv/
]
[ UK /ɪnvˈeɪsɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɪnvˈeɪsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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involving invasion or aggressive attack
invasive war - relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
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marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
invasive cancer cells -
gradually intrusive without right or permission
invasive tourists
we moved back from the encroaching tide
trespassing hunters
How To Use invasive In A Sentence
- These days, with long lines, invasive x-rays requiring near-nudity, constant delays, smaller, more crowded planes and the threat of terrorism, the flying experience is frustrating and challenging enough without some buffoon sitting next to me making the flight even more unpleasant. Andy Ostroy: Ostroy's List of Air-Travel Don'ts
- It works non-invasively, by analysing how the mix of gases in the breath of its test subjects alter between inhalation and exhalation.
- The department would also help people who had suffered the consequences of fire, resulting from uncleared invasive alien vegetation, to take civil action against those responsible.
- Although blood in the stool suggests invasive disease, fever is not a sensitive indicator of dysentery.
- Experimental evidence suggests that dairy could also promote the conversion of precancerous lesions or mutated cells into invasive cancers. Times, Sunday Times
- He hosts invasive lionfish tournaments and beach and bay clean-up events. Smithsonian
- There would also be a great impact from invasive weeds into the area and damage to the sensitive forest floor.
- An important feature of the site is the lack of invasive non-native exotics like rhododendron and laurel.
- PR. com) -- HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), South Asia's largest cancer care network, today unveiled the PET Myocardial Blood Flow (MBF) System that offers clinicians a non-invasive method to determine true myocardial blood flow and accurately assess the need for revascularization procedures such as stenting and bypass surgery. PR.com Press Releases
- Writing the legislation to prohibit spyware and privacy-invasive practices such as keylogging and skimming Undefined