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BNC: 14821 COCA: 13983

incursion

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
incursion /ɪnˈkɚʒən/ noun
plural incursions
incursion
/ɪnˈkɚʒən/
noun
plural incursions
Learner's definition of INCURSION
[count] formal
: a sudden invasion or attack : an act of entering a place or area that is controlled by an enemy(突然的)入侵,侵犯,袭击
often used figuratively常用作比喻
BNC: 14821 COCA: 13983

incursion

noun

in·​cur·​sion in-ˈkər-zhən How to pronounce incursion (audio)
1
: a hostile entrance into a territory : raid
2
: an entering in or into (something, such as an activity or undertaking)
his only incursion into the arts

Example Sentences

an incursion into enemy airspace there were incursions from the border every summer
Recent Examples on the Web And any sort of incursion by Special Operations forces would be prohibitively dangerous, limiting the options for the U.S. government to conduct a strike. New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022 On Monday, Taiwan reported the largest incursion since January by China’s air force in its air defense zone, with the island’s defense ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn away 30 aircraft in the latest uptick in tensions. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 30 May 2022 Can an incursion into Ukraine by Russian forces be averted? Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2022 Both marked the largest single-day incursion by Beijing to date. Tim O'donnell, The Week, 3 Oct. 2021 The Austin incursion is nothing new, with establishments such as The County Line, Chuy's and Thundercloud Subs all having a presence here for about 20 years or more. Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Aug. 2022 But the incursion of media fantasy into lived reality was already a defining story of this century, long before a TV star became President. Darren Franich, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022 And the economic reverberations on the G7 from Putin’s incursion into Ukraine are largely self-inflicted from the West’s imposition of sanctions on the Russian economy. Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Previously, the longest incursion was in October 2020, when a Chinese vessel stayed for more than 57 hours. Junko Ogura And Simone Mccarthy, CNN, 24 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin incursion-, incursio, from incurrere

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of incursion was in the 15th century
BNC: 14821 COCA: 13983

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