Invasive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, engaging in, or given to armed aggression: an invasive military force.
  • adj. Marked by the tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue: an invasive carcinoma.
  • adj. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision.
  • adj. Tending to intrude or encroach, as upon privacy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. that invades a foreign country using military force
  • adj. that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species
  • adj. (of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
  • adj. intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing
  • n. An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
  • adj. tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
  • adj. gradually intrusive without right or permission
  • adj. involving invasion or aggressive attack
  • adj. relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
    • Equivalent
    aggressive    strong-growing    fast-growing    intrusive    offensive   
    Form
    invasiveness    invasively    noninvasive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aggressive    intrusive    incursive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abrasive    persuasive    pervasive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    metastatic    high-grade    urothelial    non-invasive    prostatic   
     
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