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incursion (in KUHR zhuhn, in KUHR shuhn) (s) (noun), incursions (pl)
1. A military invasion or a raid into enemy territory: The foreign government denied that its soldiers had made an incursion across the international border.

The navy of that nation is too weak to stop the incursion of rebel forces.

2. The action of going into a place without permission: Only the metal gate stopped the would-be thief's incursion into the neighbor's tool shed.
A hostile entrance into a territory or a sudden invasion.
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incursion, incursions
An invasion into another's territory or the action of going some place without permission. (1)
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