as in incursion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany during World War II
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Taiwanese have expressed anxiety over Trump’s comments on the campaign trail raising doubt that the U.S. would intervene in defense of the island in the event of a Chinese invasion, and calling for Taipei to pay Washington for protection.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
The wrong conditions could devastate the largest ever seaborne invasion, while any delay risks German intelligence catching on.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
In between, the outlines of their homeland shifted again and again, with the Napoleonic invasion of Hessen, in 1806, the Congress of Vienna and post-Napoleonic redivisions of Europe, and, eventually, the rise of Otto von Bismarck.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East, already teetering over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon, into a wider regional conflict just ahead of the U.S. presidential election Tuesday.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
The wrong conditions could devastate the largest ever seaborne invasion, while any delay risks German intelligence catching on.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
In between, the outlines of their homeland shifted again and again, with the Napoleonic invasion of Hessen, in 1806, the Congress of Vienna and post-Napoleonic redivisions of Europe, and, eventually, the rise of Otto von Bismarck.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East, already teetering over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon, into a wider regional conflict just ahead of the U.S. presidential election Tuesday.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Invasion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invasion. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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