Thesaurus results for INVASIONS

invasions

noun

plural of invasion

as in incursions

a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany during World War II

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Recent Examples of invasions But both invasions were struck by massive typhoons. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026 These invasions get romanticized as elite fandom, as the epitome of love for the game. —

Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 13 June 2026 Ten were for assaults, another 10 were related to burglaries and thefts, five calls were for home invasions, four calls were for shots fired, three calls were for persons with a weapon and two calls reported deceased persons. —

Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026 This method doesn't harm the hummingbirds, doesn't touch the nectar, and stops ant invasions cold. —

Aviva Patz, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026 Sci-fi stories about alien invasions have often functioned as political allegories for anxieties around empire and immigration, Lechuga says. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 The beaches of Normandy, France, were about to become the site of one of the largest amphibious invasions ever, and this day would forever be known as D-Day, the military’s standard lingo for the first day of a major op. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026 Fungal pathogens are usually already present in the soil of the lawn, and they can be activated when ideal conditions for fungal invasions arrive. —

David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 28 May 2026 Explore both perspectives on how the administration uses the Bible to justify military invasions and immigration raids. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 May 2026

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Four years before Qatar, the tournament was in Russia, giving Vladimir Putin a turn on the global stage despite his incursions into Ukraine and Georgia.

— Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Meanwhile, Lithuania, along with Estonia, Latvia and Poland, has existing or planned defense programs along NATO’s eastern flank, aimed in part at deterring potential Russian or Belarusian military incursions.

— Tatsiana Kulakevich, The Conversation, 4 June 2026