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Meaning of Incursion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Definitions

  1. A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.
  2. An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion in the general sense.
  3. A function hosted within an educational institution, especially by or for students, for recreation, research, education or a display of works.
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Equivalents

العربية التوغّل توغل غزو
Български на́бег нашествие
Čeština vpád
Ελληνικά επιδρομή
Español incursión
Français incursion invasion
Gaeilge ruathar
हिन्दी घुसपैठ पैठ
Bahasa Indonesia inkursi
日本語 入寇
한국어 습격 침입
Latina incursio
Македонски упад
Српски upad напад упад
Svenska inbrytning
Türkçe akın

Examples

“Fascinating though the journey is to the traveller, for many years this section of the line was a source of considerable anxiety to the maintenance engineers, and on more than one occasion landslips and incursions of the sea resulted in the railway being closed for several days.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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