Definition for Incursion:

• A hostile irruption or inroad. See Incur.

Synonyms for Incursion:

• n.

  •
  • mission,
  • struggle.
  •
  • reentry,
  • foray,
  • turnover,
  • enter.
  •
  • retreat,
  • withdrawal.
  •assault (noun)
  • advance,
  • violation,
  • charge,
  • storm,
  • rape,
  • strike,
  • Storming.
  •attack (noun)
  • drive,
  • volley,
  • outbreak,
  • encounter,
  • initiative,
  • blitzkrieg,
  • intervention,
  • Assailment,
  • dirty deed,
  • offense,
  • thrust,
  • defilement,
  • muggings,
  • mugging,
  • blitz,
  • rush,
  • Assailing,
  • barrage.
  •descent (noun)
  • pounce,
  • swoop.
  •raid (noun)
  • capture,
  • sally,
  • bust,
  • roundup,
  • pull,
  • break-in,
  • sweep,
  • arrest.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • engagement,
  • air cover,
  • push,
  • civil war,
  • pitched battle,
  • hostility,
  • battle,
  • asymmetric warfare,
  • asymmetrical warfare,
  • shelling,
  • biowarfare,
  • landing,
  • war,
  • campaign,
  • war council,
  • staging area,
  • warfare,
  • trench warfare,
  • skirmish,
  • attrition,
  • world war,
  • pincer movement,
  • combat,
  • comings and goings,
  • ambush,
  • expedition,
  • unarmed combat,
  • assault,
  • fight,
  • OP,
  • holocaust,
  • cyberwar,
  • council of war,
  • amphibious,
  • dogfight,
  • inrush,
  • Skirmishing,
  • reconnaissance.
  •
  • arrival,
  • homecoming,
  • maneuver.
  •
  • movement.
  •
  • action.

Paraphrases for Incursion:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    invasion, raid.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    invasion, infiltration, raid.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Invaded, penetration.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    raiding, intervention, penetration, occupation, interference, crackdown, violation, infringement.
  • Verb, past participle
    Penetrated, rolled, Entered.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intrusion, foray, attack, encroachment, Storming, aggression, assault, onslaught, breakthrough, operation, offensive.

Antonyms for Incursion:

• n.

  • attack
    defense, shelter, aid, resistance, support, sustenance, shield, protection, flight, surrender.
  • incursion
    retreat.
  • invasion
    withdrawal.
  • Other antonyms:
    repulsion, submission.

Incursion Sentence Examples:

• Feeling that his cousin Frederic van den Berg, who had been despatched from before Ostend to command the relieving force near Bois - le - Duc, might take advantage of the prematurely frozen canals and rivers to make an incursion into Holland, he left his city just as his works had been sufficiently advanced to ensure possession of the prize, and hastened to protect the heart of the republic from possible danger.

• The beginning of these transformations came directly in consequence of the brilliant Napoleonic incursion of 1796. One by one, upon the advance of the victorious French, were detached the princes who, under English and Austrian tutelage, had been allied hitherto against France.

Hyponym for Incursion:

• n.

  • act
    entry, incoming, entrance, fault, error, mistake, ingress, entering.