invasiveadjective
uk/ɪnˈveɪ.sɪv/us/ɪnˈveɪ.sɪv/moving into all areas of something and difficult to stop:
an invasive disease
They treated the cancer with non-invasive methods/surgery (= not cutting into the body).
An invasive organism is one that has arrived in a place from somewhere else and has a harmful effect on that place:
The Asian long-horned beetle is one of the newest and most harmful invasive species in the United States.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attacking & invading
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- blitz
- blitz
- cyberwarfare
- engage
- engagement
- going-over
- incursion
- invade
- invader
- offensive
- rip into sb/sth
- rush
- sack
- sacking
- sally
- seize
- sortie
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