Incursion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incursion \In*cur"sion\, n. [L. incursio: cf. F. incursion. See
     {Incur}.]
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     1. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with
        hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or
        harassing inroad; a raid.


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              The Scythian, whose incursions wild
              Have wasted Sogdiana.                 --Milton.
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              The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs
              of the Roman Empire.                  --Arbuthnot.
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     2. Attack; occurrence. [Obs.]
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              Sins of daily incursion.              --South.
  
     Syn: Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack; onset;
          irruption. See {Invasion}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incursion
       n 1: the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large
            numbers); "the incursion of television into the American
            livingroom"
       2: an attack that penetrates into enemy territory [syn: {penetration}]
       3: the mistake of incurring liability or blame

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "incursion":
     air attack, air raid, air strike, boarding, encroachment, entrance,
     entrenchment, escalade, fire raid, foray, impingement, imposition,
     infiltration, influx, infraction, infringement, injection, inroad,
     insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping,
     interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion,
     invasion, irruption, obtrusion, overstepping, raid, razzia,
     saturation raid, scaling, shuttle raid, transgression, trespass,
     trespassing, unlawful entry, usurpation