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incursion

[ in-kur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

noun

  1. a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid:

    The bandits made brief incursions on the village.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. a harmful inroad.
  3. a running in:

    the incursion of sea water.



incursion

/ ɪnˈkÉœËsɪv; ɪnˈkÉœËʃən /

noun

  1. a sudden invasion, attack, or raid
  2. the act of running or leaking into; penetration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • incursive, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of incursion1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ¾±²Ô³¦³Ü°ù²õ¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ¾±²Ô³¦³Ü°ù²õ¾±Å ) raid, equivalent to incurs ( us ) (past participle of incurrere to incur ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion; excursion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of incursion1

C15: from Latin ¾±²Ô³¦³Ü°ù²õ¾±Å onset, attack, from incurrere to run into; see incur
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Example Sentences

Denmark, which oversees Greenland’s administration, hasn’t kept Greenland “safe from a lot of very aggressive incursions from Russia, China and other nations,†he added.

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Last month, South Korea's intelligence agency said North Korea had sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed others to the frontline in the western Kursk region where Ukraine launched a lightning incursion.

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Now the positions are reversed, with Estonian troops and their Nato allies training here to prevent a Russian incursion.

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But he believes Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russian territory, launched last August, was too deep and too narrow - relying on just one main road for supplies and reinforcements.

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He'd also destabilise the wider Baltics, probably socially, politically, and economically, as a Russian incursion – however limited – would likely put off foreign investors viewing this as a stable region.

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