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invasive

  • adjective
  • in·vas·ive
  • /ɪnˈveɪsɪv/

Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.

Other meanings

  1. That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.

  2. Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.

Example sentences

  • “That's an invasive species.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "invāsus" (entered; invaded).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “invasive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.