incursion

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  1. noun An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion.
  2. noun The act of entering another's territory or domain.
  3. noun The act of entering or running into: homes damaged by the incursion of floodwater.

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  • The Israeli incursion was the first on American soil by a foreign government since the December 1941 incursion by the empire of Japan. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • With soldiers lined up and ready to attack, it sounds like the incursion is not going to happen. —  Gentile Warrior
  • In those protests, no mention is made of the underlying reason for the incursion or that the loss of civilian lives in Gaza was primarily caused by Hamas 'use of civilians as human shields and schools and hospitals as rocket launching points.
  • Gideon Levy asks whether the Israeli public's response to the Gaza incursion is evidence of Israel's moral collapse. —  Orthodox Anarchist
  • And while there are indeed "innocent" civilians being killed in this Israeli incursion, there are also some not-so-innocent ones meeting their fate as well. —  QandO
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin incursiō, incursiōn-, from incursus, past participle of incurrere, to run upon; see incur.

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  1. = French incursion = Spanish incursion = Portuguese incursão = Italian incursione, from Latin incursio(n-), a running against, onset, from incurrere, run against: see incur.
 

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