incursion

«incursion» in Mova's school dictionary: A sudden attack on or invasion of a place, often short — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an incursion, incursions; formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sudden attack on or invasion of a place, often short. tree →

2) (formal) Coming into a place or area where you are not wanted or not expected: the incursion of sea water into a field. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and news, an incursion is a raid across a border, such as Viking incursions into England or military incursions reported between countries. In geography and science, sea water or weeds make incursions into land or crops. Phrases: an incursion into, border incursion, Viking incursions.

examples

• Viking incursions terrified villages along the coast. tree →
• The army reported an incursion across the border. tree →
• The storm caused an incursion of sea water into the fields. tree →
• Rabbits made nightly incursions into our vegetable patch. tree →
• The news described the drone incursion as a serious threat. tree →
• Foxes made an incursion into the henhouse last night. tree →

note

Formal word; usually followed by «into». Similar: «raid», «invasion» (bigger and longer). In news about wars, each side may describe the same event differently.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incursion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.