Incursion and Offensive

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Incursion noun - A sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory.

Usage example: there were incursions from the border every summer

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Offensive is a synonym for incursion in encroachment topic. In some cases you can use "Offensive" instead a noun "Incursion".

Offensive noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.

Usage example: the primary offensive by the ground forces will commence at dawn tomorrow

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Incursion is a synonym for offensive in attack topic. You can use "Incursion" instead a noun "Offensive", if it concerns topics such as encroachment.

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

successful	successful incursion	successful offensive
massive	massive incursion	massive offensive
serious	serious incursion	serious offensive
huge	huge incursion	huge offensive
Other adjectives: new, major, final, military, next, impending, last.

Unfortunately, as forces have been diverted to deal with more pressing threats of the Tyranid incursion and the Imperial offensive against the Tau have ground to a stalemate, his normally commendable zealous hatred of xenos and their sympathizers has gone into full paranoia.

Source: Tabletop Game / Deathwatch

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Offensive and Incursion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/incursion/offensive

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