invasive, encroaching(a), trespassing
(adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission; “we moved back from the encroaching tide”; “invasive tourists”; “trespassing hunters”
invasive
(adjective) marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; “invasive cancer cells”
invasive
(adjective) relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
incursive, invading, invasive
(adjective) involving invasion or aggressive attack; “invasive war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
invasive (comparative more invasive, superlative most invasive)
That invades a foreign country using military force.
Relating to military aggression generally.
(of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
(medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) That invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
Intrusive on one's privacy.
Coming from outside; originating externally.
invasive (plural invasives)
An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
Source: Wiktionary
In*va"sive, a. Etym: [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.]
Definition: Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. "Invasive war." Hoole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
