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invasion
(redirected from Hostile invasion)

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invasion
1. Pathol the spread of cancer from its point of origin into surrounding tissues
2. Ecology the movement of plants to a new area or to an area to which they are not native

invasion [in′vā·zhən]
(geology)
The movement of one material into a porous reservoir area that has been occupied by another material.
(medicine)
The phase of an infectious disease during which the pathogen multiplies and is distributed; precedes signs and symptoms.
The process by which microorganisms enter the body.


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Through the seemingly untenable, and yet peaceful, positions characters in that novel inhabit in response to a hostile invasion, Starhawk calls readers to rethink responses to violence and consider strategies to achieve a peaceful society.
He handed out cigars to some legislators and invited them to appear at his rallies in their districts, rather than making a hostile invasion of their territories.
 
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