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Invasive definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INVA'SIVE, a. [from invade.] Entering on another's possessions with hostile designs; aggressive.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision [ant: noninvasive]
2: marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [ant: confined]
3: involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" [syn: incursive, invading, invasive]
4: gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching, invasive, trespassing]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1598 1. of, relating to, or characterized by military aggression 2. tending to spread; especially tending to invade healthy tissue <invasive cancer cells> 3. tending to infringe 4. involving entry into the living body (as by incision or by insertion of an instrument) <invasive diagnostic techniques> • invasiveness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Invasive In*va"sive, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.] Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. ``Invasive war.'' --Hoole.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You use invasive to describe something undesirable which spreads very quickly and which is very difficult to stop from spreading. They found invasive cancer during a routine examination. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. An invasive medical procedure involves operating on a patient or examining the inside of their body. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

advancing, assailing, assaulting, attacking, charging, driving, entering, in, inbound, incoming, incursionary, incursive, inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingressive, inpouring, interfering, interruptive, intervenient, intrusive, invading, invasionary, inward, inward-bound, irruptive, obtrusive, thrusting