incursion

/ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

incursion noun: a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.

Noun

incursion (plural incursions)

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.
An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion in the general sense.
- Fascinating though the journey is to the traveller, for many years this section of the line was a source of considerable anxiety to the maintenance engineers, and on more than one occasion landslips and incursions of the sea resulted in the railway being closed for several days.1947 January and February, H. A. Vallance, “The Sea Wall at Dawlish”, in Railway Magazine, page 18
(Australia) A function hosted within an educational institution, especially by or for students, for recreation, research, education or a display of works.

incursion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

incursion in Hindi

aggressive movement: घुसपैठ ghuspaiṭh

incursion in Tamil

அத்துமீறித் தாக்குதல், திடீர்ப் படையெடுப்பு, தலையீடு

incursion in Urdu

incursion, inroad, attack, assault, forced march: یلغار yalġār

incursion in Bengali

অনুপ্রবেশ, আকস্মিক আক্রমণ, হানা

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incursion in Malayalam: കയ്യേറ്റം, പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള ആക്രമണം, ആക്രമണം
incursion in Kannada: ಹಠಾತ್ ದಾಳಿ, ಅಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಒಳನುಗ್ಗುವುದು, ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ಆಕ್ರಮಣ, ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೀಳುವುದು
incursion in Sanskrit: आसार āsāra
incursion in Arabic: توغل

Examples of incursion in a sentence

Belarusian officials continue to posture military strength amid the ongoing Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast, Russia.
In the case of a dramatic runway incursion last year at New York’s John.
First he aborts the take-off and now we have a runway incursion!

All 19 example sentences with incursion

Synonyms of incursion

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Forms of incursion

plural	incursions

Plural of incursion: incursions

Origin of incursion

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from Latin incursiō.

Words formed from incursion

Words that rhyme with incursion

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Questions about incursion

What does incursion mean?: Incursion means a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.
What is incursion in Hindi?: Incursion in Hindi is घुसपैठ (ghuspaiṭh). See Incursion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is incursion?: Incursion is a noun.
How do you pronounce incursion?: Incursion is pronounced /ɪŋˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/.
What is the plural of incursion?: The plural of incursion is incursions.

Words near incursion in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: incursion (page history and authors); incursion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); یلغار (Urdu) (page history and authors); Incursion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incursion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incursion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आसार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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