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invasive

adjective as in intrusive

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An electro-acupuncture needle is in one view a minimally-invasive neural interface that only pierces the top of the skin.

In Canada, just last year, entomologists identified two different invasive hornet species.

Those eggs may transport fish, including invasive species, to new places.

In the lab, Vincze and her colleagues fed thousands of eggs from two invasive carp species to eight mallard ducks.

That knowledge could reveal new ways to control the invasive species.

The procedure they undergo to extract eggs is intense and invasive and there are no sexual kicks involved.

But what if vasectomies were cheap, non-invasive, fully reversible, and as widespread as the female birth control pill?

Only in the high seas are there still some habitats free of invasive species.

A day running errands in public can involve multiple strangers asking invasive questions about her body and her abilities.

Besides the danger to animals, these exotic animals may cause havoc as an invasive species.

She studied it till the conventional phrases took a fiery hue, and came at her with an invasive rush.

This is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will.

Two obstacles, the one external, the other internal, checked its invasive progress.

Afterwards Lowell wrote again, owning himself wrong in his appeal, which he had come to recognize as invasive.

It is enough to say that Sepia found her companion distrait, and he felt her a little invasive.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to invasive, such as: nosy, forward, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, and presumptuous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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