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Definitions of invading
  1. adjective
    involving invasion or aggressive attack
Definition that contains invading
  • invasion the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
  • confined not invading healthy tissue
  • gettysburg a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
  • substrate an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
  • ethelred king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
  • ethelred king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
  • superstrate the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
  • immune reaction a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen
  • opsonin an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
  • opsonization process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis
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