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Meanings of invading in English

Involving invasion or aggressive attack.

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Examples for "invasive"
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Current areas include fish population genetics, aquatic invasive species and fish telemetry.
The Irish Times
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Therefore the therapeutic approach should involve low risk and low invasive techniques.
Pubmed
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Methods: Forty patients with 41 invasive breast carcinomas were treated using ROLL.
Pubmed
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New Zealand academics have complied the world's first global invasive species list.
Radio NZ
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All patients were young children with associated invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae pulmonary infection.
Pubmed
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Can you increase the voltage until the incursive soul is forced out?
The Neutronium Alchemist
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He opens his eyes and his pupils contract painfully against the incursive light.
The death of bunny munro: a novel
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The squad had responded to the possessed like antibodies reacting to an incursive virus.
The Naked God
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The incursive soul flowed away, retreating into the beyond.
The Neutronium Alchemist
5
Antibodies responding to an incursive virus, Luca thought.
The Naked God
Usage of invading in English
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But asked whether invading Iraq was a mistake Blair was strikingly unrepentant.
The Guardian
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He told the BBC: Illegal gold miners are still invading our land.
BBC
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Or is something even more dangerous than invading Iraq now taking place?
The Guardian
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They deal with topics like, climate change, social bonds and invading Iraq.
Radio NZ
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The invading NY99 WNV strain therefore required warm temperatures for efficient transmission.
Pubmed
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So why are spiders invading our homes at this time of year?
The Irish Times
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And I hope you'll accept my sincere apologies for invading your privacy.
Ready Player One
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Plants are facing invading species normally found in warmer and drier areas.
BBC
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January 1979 The Khmer Rouge government is overthrown by invading Vietnamese troops.
The Guardian
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The man keeps coming, invading that imaginary social space that society allows.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
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How badly does the U.S. want to keep Turkey from invading Iraq?
Wired
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Background: Innate immunity is essential in defending against invading pathogens in invertebrates.
Pubmed
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Clegg says the public has realised the media was invading their privacy.
The Guardian
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The other divisions of the invading army met with a similar fate.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 05 (of 15), German
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Here are the pros and cons of not invading.' That never happened.
Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
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Plants employ a two-tier innate immune system to defend against invading pathogens.
Pubmed
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