incursion

Meaning

1. A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.
2. An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion in the general sense.
3. (Australia) A function hosted within an educational institution, especially by or for students, for recreation, research, education or a display of works.

Synonyms

invasion

raid

inroad

foray

irruption

encroachment

penetration

aggression

onrush

intrusion

maraud

offence

offense

onset

onslaught

pervasion

push back

rollback

sally

shot

squeeze

strafe

strike

surge

swoop

trespass

inbreak

razzia

attact

advance

instrusion

assault

attack

👊

charge

entrance

impingement

infall

infiltration

influx

inrush

Translations

incursion

incursión

incursione

Einfall

💡

incursão

incursió

scorreria

εισβολή

akın

correría

Einbruch

irrupción

Überfall

invasion

invasão

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from Latin incursiō, incursiōnem.