Invasive definition

Invasive

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WordNet

(1) Gradually intrusive without right or permission

"We moved back from the encroaching tide"

"Invasive tourists"

"Trespassing hunters"

(2) Marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue

"Invasive cancer cells"

(3) Relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision

(4) Involving invasion or aggressive attack

"Invasive war"

WiktionaryText

that invades a foreign country using military force
that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species
(of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing