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invasive
CIDE DICTIONARY
invasive, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.].
- Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. Hoole. [1913 Webster]
- tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors. [PJC]
THESAURUS
invasive
advancing, assailing, assaulting, attacking, charging, driving, entering, in, inbound, incoming, incursionary, incursive, inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingressive, inpouring, interfering, interruptive, intervenient, intrusive, invading, invasionary, inward, inward-bound, irruptive, obtrusive, thrustingFor further exploring for "invasive" in Webster Dictionary Online