From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incursion \In*cur"sion\, noun [L. incursio: cf. F. incursion. See {Incur}.]
1. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.
The Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana. --Milton.
The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire. --Arbuthnot.
2. Attack; occurrence. [Obs.]
Sins of daily incursion. --South.
Syn: Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack; onset; irruption. See {Invasion}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American livingroom"
2: an attack that penetrates into enemy territory [syn: {penetration}]
3: the mistake of incurring liability or blame
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "incursion": air attack, air raid, air strike, boarding, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, escalade, fire raid, foray, impingement, imposition, infiltration, influx, infraction, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, obtrusion, overstepping, raid, razzia, saturation raid, scaling, shuttle raid, transgression, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry, usurpation
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