How do you use Invasive in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like noninvasive or trespassing, plus the exact meaning.
Invasive in a sentence
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Invasive meaning
- Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.
- That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.
- Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
Synonyms of Invasive
Using Invasive
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive. | That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive. | Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
- Useful related words include: noninvasive, trespassing, encroaching, offensive.
- In the example corpus, invasive often appears in combinations such as: invasive species, the invasive, an invasive.
Context around Invasive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Invasive
- In this selection, "invasive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, hawaii, minimally, species, procedures and grasses stand out and add context to how "invasive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adelgid the invasive species that, algae and invasive plant growth and invasive species. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "invasive" sits close to words such as continually, denies and glen, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with invasive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A giant African snail in Hong Kong, where it is invasive. (11 words)
Not all introduced species are invasive, nor all invasive species deliberately introduced. (12 words)
Invasive lobular carcinoma may be harder to detect by a mammogram than invasive ductal carcinoma. (15 words)
I find it so refreshing that Lala is open and transparent about not only the invasive and non-invasive augmentations she has undergone, but also about the minor digital filters and tweaks she’s applying to public images of herself. (40 words)
The list of invasive insects, fungi and plant diseases that might be lurking in holiday decorations is daunting and includes hemlock woolly adelgid, the invasive species that has decimated the hemlock forests throughout the Eastern Seaboard. (36 words)
The Invasive Plant Drop-Off, also for other invasive alien weeds like holly and spurge laurel, is brought to you by the Salt Spring Fire Department and the Native Plant Stewardship Group with Transition Salt Spring. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
I find it so refreshing that Lala is open and transparent about not only the invasive and non-invasive augmentations she has undergone, but also about the minor digital filters and tweaks she’s applying to public images of herself.
Now Lolo regularly treats her body to several minor non-invasive procedures, such as fillers and Botox and more invasive procedures, such as sculpting liposuction.
Some of these have negative effects, like the invasive grasses, while others may be useful, which is why the Hawaii Invasive Species Council does not target many of them.
The list of invasive insects, fungi and plant diseases that might be lurking in holiday decorations is daunting and includes hemlock woolly adelgid, the invasive species that has decimated the hemlock forests throughout the Eastern Seaboard.
Competition by invasive grasses introduced in the 1980’s, as well as feeding on seed capsules by invasive rodent species, may be leading to low population growth rates.
The Invasive Plant Drop-Off, also for other invasive alien weeds like holly and spurge laurel, is brought to you by the Salt Spring Fire Department and the Native Plant Stewardship Group with Transition Salt Spring.
Facial rejuvenation is carried by either minimally invasive or non-invasive treatment which aims to restore skin elasticity and enables maintain a youthful appearance in the neck and face region.
Invasive lobular carcinoma may be harder to detect by a mammogram than invasive ductal carcinoma.
Of those there was one confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcal (GAS) case and one probable invasive GAS case, according to the Department of National Defence.
The guidelines state that if a patient shows acute respiratory distress syndrome, non-invasive ventilation should be preferred over invasive ventilation beyond a certain oxygen saturation level.
Anatomy can be studied using both invasive and non-invasive methods with the goal of obtaining information about the structure and organization of organs and systems.
Invasive species Crayfish have been recorded as an invasive species from Louisiana to Europe to China.
Not all introduced species are invasive, nor all invasive species deliberately introduced.
According to Helinek, the Assabet River is classified as impaired, while Fort Meadow Reservoir and Lake Boone have problems with algae and invasive plant growth.
According to UC Riverside’s Center for Invasive Species Research, this may be because brown widows cannot inject as much venom as black widows.
Additionally, there is concern they could replace native crayfish which are already being negatively impacted in parts of Ontario by the invasive rusty crayfish.
A giant African snail in Hong Kong, where it is invasive.
Agriculture is vulnerable to climate change, with unpredictable temperatures, more frequent extreme weather events and invasive pests all posing a risk to crop yields.
Along with a police presence, the four city council members asked for increased non-invasive safety measures, such as metal detectors.
Altogether last year, Parks and Wildlife intercepted 148 boats infested with invasive quagga or zebra mussels before they reached state waters.
Phrases with invasive
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with invasive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- invasive species 49×
- the invasive 23×
- an invasive 18×
- minimally invasive 16×
- of invasive 15×
- invasive plants 12×
- invasive plant 11×
- and invasive 9×
- invasive procedures 7×
- less invasive 7×