Definitions for: Invasive


[adj] gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
[adj] marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells"
[adj] (medicine) relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
[adj] involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war"



Webster (1913) Definition: In*va"sive, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See
Invade.]
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
``Invasive war.'' --Hoole.

Synonyms: aggressive, encroaching(a), fast-growing(a), incursive, intrusive, invading, offensive, trespassing(a)

Antonyms: confined, noninvasive

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