Incursion
[ɪn'kɜːʃ(ə)n] or [ɪn'kɝʒn]
Definition
(noun.) the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); 'the incursion of television into the American living room'.
(noun.) the mistake of incurring liability or blame.
Checked by Harriet--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.
(n.) Attack; occurrence.
Checker: Olga
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inroad, irruption, forray, raid, descent, partial invasion.
Inputed by Jesse
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Invasion, encroachment, inroad, irruption, foray, raid, dragonnade, sally
ANT:Encampment, settlement, abode, retreat
Typist: Millie
Definition
n. a hostile inroad.—adj. Incur′sive making an incursion or inroad.
Typist: Wesley
Examples
- The little book is the only known incursion of its author into literature, if we except the brief articles he has written for technical papers and for the magazines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No feudal baron in _Magna Charta_ times could have more thoroughly resented some incursion of the crown. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In this sense, a thought (what a thing suggests but is not as it is presented) is creative,--an incursion into the novel. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Even before these incursions learning had suffered under the calamity of war. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- To divide it was to ruin it, and to expose every part of it to be oppressed and swallowed up by the incursions of its neighbours. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such incursions struck the English with affright, in all those towns where there was still sufficient population to feel the change. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I had often made depredations on these preserves; and the neglected state of the property facilitated my incursions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The little book is the only known incursion of its author into literature, if we except the brief articles he has written for technical papers and for the magazines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No feudal baron in _Magna Charta_ times could have more thoroughly resented some incursion of the crown. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In this sense, a thought (what a thing suggests but is not as it is presented) is creative,--an incursion into the novel. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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