invasive   (Sound)

The adj invasive has 4 senses

• invasive -- (relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision)


• invasive -- (marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells")


• incursive, invading, invasive -- (involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war")


• encroaching, invasive, trespassing -- (gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters")