Antonyms for Invasion
ɪnˈveɪ ʒənin·va·sion

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1. invasionnoun

   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.

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

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

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

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1. invasion

   Synonyms:
   irruption, encroachment

Matched Categories

1. • Medicine
   • Penetration
   • Spread

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. invasionnoun

   the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

   Synonyms:
   encroachment, intrusion

2. invasion, encroachment, intrusionnoun

   any entry into an area not previously occupied

   "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"

   Synonyms:
   violation, usurpation, trespass, intrusion, invasion, encroachment, impact, impingement

3. invasionnoun

   (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body

   "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"

   Synonyms:
   encroachment, intrusion

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1. invasionnoun

   Synonyms:
   irruption, foray, raid, aggression, violation, infringement, encroachment, intrenchment

How to use Invasion in a sentence?

1. Eugene Robinson:

   Putin might have assumed he would be believed when he claimed his troops were simply conducting exercises and had begun to head home. Biden and his aides responded with more transparency, reporting that Putin was actually adding to his potential invasion force, not subtracting from it, contrast all of this with what possibly, or probably, would have happened had Trump still been in office.

2. Fumio Kishida:

   This entire situation has been created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Russia's response to push this onto Japan-Russia relations is extremely unfair and completely unacceptable.

3. Rob Shuter:

   With Steven's knowledge of how to tell a story and Steven Spielberg cinematic understanding of how to tell that story, the language that Steven Spielberg speaks, the tools at Steven Spielberg disposal to capture something like the Invasion of Normandy, it was all brand new, so it was all going to be able to happen in a very fresh, very immediate kind of way, it opened up a floodgate of reminisces and understanding and I think a very, very personal connection to it. I can't tell you how many times I have come across somebody who has told me that their Dad or Grandfather never said a word about what they did from 1941-1945 until they saw' Saving Private Ryan.'.

4. Ted Cruz:

   He and his administration instead settled for an endlessly deferred and wholly uncredible strategy of responding to Putin's aggression after an invasion, they have pursued bizarre tactics like declassifying American intelligence and trying to shame Putin. That approach has failed.

5. Sheriff Troy Nehls:

   This is the worst kind of crime against a family, three crooks forcing their way into a home in the middle of the night is appalling. To make matters worse, they accosted a 7-year-old child. They’re cowards, to say the least. Nehls said the boy was transported to Texas Medical Center and was being treated for having some fluids in his lungs. MASKED MEN TERRORIZE TEXAS FAMILY, BURN CHILD WITH HOT WATER DURING HOME INVASION, OFFICIALS SAY Our staff is aggressively working this case. My prayers are with the family, he said on Twitter. The three men left with cash, jewelry and also took the family's phones after the hour-long ordeal, according to police. Authorities plan to release images from surveillance cameras near the home during a press conference on Tuesday. While police have not identified the victims, Mohamad Ghiritold KPRCon Monday he thought his brother was just late for work but finally in person was able to see the horror his face and description of the terrifying incident.

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