noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an invasion of privacy
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Random drug testing of employees is an invasion of privacy.
invasion of...personal space
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She objected to this invasion of her personal space .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alien
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This great two-disc version of the alien invasion blockbuster is packed with extras.
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It's the most convincing evidence we have of an alien invasion of this planet, and a matter of public record.
allied
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Six alien companies of the Pioneer Corps accompanied the allied invasion .
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Preparations for the Normandy landings took place here because the terrain is similar to that which faced the Allied invasion forces.
barbarian
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The importance of these functions was enhanced by the barbarian invasions of the fifth century.
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The Pantheon has survived many vicissitudes; first the barbarian invasions and later the despoliation by the Catholic Church.
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This discrepancy makes any assessment of the extent of dislocation caused by the barbarian invasions extremely difficult.
major
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The willingness to bend the rules to authorize a major invasion of civil liberties contrasts sharply with the Spycatcher case.
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In 517 a major invasion occurred when Slav horsemen advanced as far as Thermopylae and Epirus.
military
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Thousands of feet had tramped this route in times past before railways and military invasion .
possible
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The reserve takes in part of the Minsmere levels which were flooded during the Second World War to counter possible invasion .
soviet
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Omar Mumtaz, 75, was a transport mogul before the 1979 Soviet invasion .
■ NOUN
force
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These two seemed like an invasion force .
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The government fell nine days after an invasion force of five thousand troops was said to be advancing on the capital.
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The genes show that the invasion force involved just a few intrepid voyagers.
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S.-led invasion force restored President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power.
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Preparations for the Normandy landings took place here because the terrain is similar to that which faced the Allied invasion forces .
pitch
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Apart from one brief pitch invasion when Sunderland scored, the supporters of both clubs behaved impeccably.
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The fans were delighted which resulted in a pitch invasion from the new stand behind the Southampton goal.
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Hereford 0. Pitch invasion foiled ... police uncover soccer hooligans' plan.
plan
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This was rightly interpreted as meaning the abandonment of invasion plans - at least for that year.
■ VERB
condemn
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The Congress, held in a factory, condemned the invasion .
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There was a resolution he tried to get passed every year, condemning the invasion and calling for a withdrawal.
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The Soviet Union swiftly condemned the invasion , saying it was a blow to growing warmth in US-Soviet relations.
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In Cairo 14 Arab League countries condemn the invasion and call for an immediate withdrawal.
launch
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The rebels launched their invasion into the Mutara region in the north, quickly occupying the towns of Nyakatale and Gabiro.
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First he launches an invasion without adequate air support, then he makes the movement pay for it.
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He is the ninth white farmer killed since Mr Mugabe launched the land invasions nearly two years ago.
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If one understands by this an explicit order to launch an invasion , the answer would appear to be no.
order
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He refused all attempts to force him to order an invasion of Naggaroth.
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But Petain had ordered resistance to any invasion , from whatever direction.
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In mid-April 1961, Kennedy ordered the invasion to begin.
prepare
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In Altdorf the Emperor Sigismund prepared for the Orc invasion by fortifying the city's walls and gathering in the harvests.
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A rumor spread that whites were going to burn and attack the black quarter, so the blacks prepared for an invasion .
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Frome prepares for the expected invasion , 1798.
repel
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Then two mighty heroes, the twin brothers Tyrion and Teclis, arose to succour the realm and repel the invasion .
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He found a few others: a sphagnum moss peat bog can repel the invasion of pine trees for thousands of years.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an invasion of cheap imports
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Some analysts fear that increasing desperation could lead to a military invasion of the country's southern neighbors.
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the invasion of Normandy
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The fear of an invasion by rebels is always present.
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the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia