an invasion by an army.

The action of running in. Incursion, attack (rendering Latin incursus). Obsolete.

A hostile inroad or invasion; esp. one of sudden and hasty character; a sudden attack.

The action of invading a country or territory as an enemy; an entrance or incursion with armed force; a hostile inroad.

= incursion, n. 2.

The action of bursting or breaking in; a violent entry, inroad, incursion, or invasion, esp. of a hostile force or tribe. spec. An abrupt local…

The act of invading; invasion.

= invasion, n.

An inroad, attack, incursion, or descent upon an army, town, etc., or into a country. Now rare.

= incursion, n.

A falling in; †an invasion (obsolete).

Chiefly U.S. Frequently with the. A war, originally spec. the Second World War (1939–45), now frequently a prospective nuclear war. Hence: a…