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Incursion: meaning, example and synonyms

Incursionn. A sudden invasion or intrusion into a place or domain.

Flashcard for Incursion (noun): a sudden invasion or intrusion into a place or domain. Example: The ecologists tracked the incursion of salt water into the coastal marsh, which killed freshwater reeds that had stood for centuries. Synonyms: intrusion, invasion, inroad, encroachment. Antonyms: retreat, withdrawal, pullback. Memory tip: in + currere (to run): an incursion runs in where it doesn't belong. Illustration: ocean waves spilling over a low sand barrier into a green freshwater marsh, an ecologist in rubber boots and a rain jacket watching from a wooden boardwalk.

Example

The ecologists tracked the incursion of salt water into the coastal marsh, which killed freshwater reeds that had stood for centuries.

Part of speech
noun
Synonyms
intrusion, invasion, inroad, encroachment
Antonyms
retreat, withdrawal, pullback
Memory tip
in + currere (to run): an incursion runs in where it doesn't belong.

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Question 1

Rangers monitored the ______ of invasive vines into the old-growth forest, which crept a few meters farther from the highway each summer.

Question 2

Medieval builders placed watchtowers along the frontier so that any ______ by raiding parties could be spotted long before it reached the farms.

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