invasive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: invasive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for invasive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
invasive adj relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision Antonym(s): noninvasive marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" Antonym(s): confined involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" Synonym(s): incursive, invading, invasive gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" Synonym(s): encroaching(a), invasive, trespassing(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invasive \Inva"sive\, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See {Invade}.] Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. [bd]Invasive* war.[b8] --Hoole.