Synonyms for incursion
ɪnˈkɜr ʒən, -ʃənin·cur·sion

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1. incursionnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack, movement

2. incursionnoun

   An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.

   Synonyms:
   movement, attack

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1. incursionnoun

   An attack may be by word; an aggression is always by deed. An assault may be upon the person, an aggression is upon rights, possessions, etc. An invasion of a nation's territories is an act of aggression; an intrusion upon a neighboring estate is a trespass. Onslaught signifies intensely violent assault, as by an army or a desperado, tho it is sometimes used of violent speech.

   Synonyms:
   aggression, assault, attack, attack, encroachment, infringement, intrusion, invasion, onset, onslaught, trespass

   Antonyms:
   defense, repulsion, resistance, retreat, submission, surrender

   Preposition:
   The enemy made an attack upon (or on) our works.

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1. incursion

   Synonyms:
   invasion, encroachment, inroad, irruption, foray, raid, dragonnade, sally

   Antonyms:
   encampment, settlement, abode, retreat

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1. incursionnoun

   the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)

   "the incursion of television into the American living room"

   Synonyms:
   penetration

2. penetration, incursionnoun

   an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

   Synonyms:
   penetration, insight

3. incursionnoun

   the mistake of incurring liability or blame

   Synonyms:
   penetration

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Entrance
   • Mistake

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1. incursionnoun

   Synonyms:
   inroad, irruption, forray, raid, descent, partial invasion

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1. List of paraphrases for "incursion":

   foray, raid, invasion, penetration, rolled, raiding, storming, sweep, attack, penetrated

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How to use incursion in a sentence?

1. Bret Baier:

   No incursion into Ukraine is acceptable. What should we be doing about it right now? Well, first we ought to be sending anti-tank weapons to the Ukrainians, helping them learn how to use them, and ground-to-air missiles to go after the helicopters that might be a part, obviously of any Russian incursion, as well as being ready to levy a level of sanctions the Russians have never experienced before.

2. President Biden:

   It's one thing if it's a minor incursion and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do, et cetera.

3. Hidalgo Azuaje:

   We do not want a foreign government [ to ] invade our country, if we need an incursion, it has to be by Venezuelan soldiers who really want to free Venezuela.

4. Isabel Hilton:

   Whether you're using fishing boats or civilian drones, it doesn't look as though this is official policy. It doesn't look like direct military harassment in the way that the incursion of a warplane does. And so it's a deniable provocation.

5. Lee Zeldin:

   It happened again. We all remember the ‘minor incursion’ greenlighting that the White House had to immediately try to clean up before Putin decided to invade Ukraine in thefirst place.