English to English
adjective
- relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
source: WordNet 3.0
- marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
Invasive cancer cells.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- involving invasion or aggressive attack
Invasive war.
source: WordNet 3.0
- gradually intrusive without right or permission
We moved back from the encroaching tide.
Invasive tourists.
Trespassing hunters.
source: WordNet 3.0
