Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun incursion

3 senses of incursion

Sense 1
incursion -- (the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American living room")
       => entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming -- (the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance")

Sense 2
penetration, incursion -- (an attack that penetrates into enemy territory)
       => attack, onslaught, onset, onrush -- ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn")

Sense 3
incursion -- (the mistake of incurring liability or blame)
       => mistake, error, fault -- (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults")

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