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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
- 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
- I'm passionate about minimally invasive surgeries such as laparoscopy because patients do so well," says Dr. Lori Warren, a gynecological surgeon at Women First Obstetrics & Business Wire Travel News