INCURSION


Meaning of INCURSION in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Government forces were able to halt the rebel incursion .

The incursion of whiteflies into the area could damage crops.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Any effective international regulation of nuclear weapons is bound to entail troublesome incursions challenging prerogatives of national sovereignty.

Daily newspapers appear especially threatened by the incursion on to their turf of timely and in-depth local information.

Firms may use advertising to defend their existing position or to signal to potential entrants that incursions will be challenged.

He described the incursion as the most dangerous development since the end of the war itself.

Locals regarded it as a provocative incursion .

Reports from Kampuchea claim that the country's 35,000-man army is good enough to stand up to Khmer Rouge incursions.

The two nations saw each others' advances as incursions and tried to match each other fort for fort around Louisiana.

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