evasion | (noun) the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver | - |
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(noun) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | Synonyms: dodging, escape |
(noun) the deliberate act of failing to pay money | Synonyms: nonpayment |
(noun) a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth | Synonyms: equivocation |
evasive | (adjective) deliberately vague or ambiguous | - |
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(adjective) avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire | - |
evasively | (adverb) with evasion; in an evasive manner | - |
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evasiveness | (noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous | Synonyms: equivocation, prevarication |
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invasion | (noun) the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder | - |
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(noun) any entry into an area not previously occupied | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion |
(noun) (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body | - |
invasive | (adjective) marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue | - |
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(adjective) relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision | - |
(adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: encroaching, trespassing |
(adjective) involving invasion or aggressive attack | Synonyms: incursive, invading |
invasiveness | (noun) The quality of involving entry into the living body (as by incision or by insertion of an instrument). | - |
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(noun) The quality of tending to spread; especially of tending to invade healthy tissue. | - |
malvasia | (noun) grape used to make malmsey wine | - |
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noninvasive | (adjective) relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity | - |
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noninvasiveness | (noun) The quality of not being or involving an invasive medical procedure. | - |
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pervasion | (noun) the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance | Synonyms: permeation, suffusion |
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pervasive | (adjective) spreading or spread throughout | Synonyms: permeant, permeating, permeative |
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pervasively | (adverb) in a pervasive manner | - |
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pervasiveness | (noun) the quality of filling or spreading throughout | - |
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vasiform | (adjective) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | Synonyms: cannular, tube-shaped, tubelike, tubular |
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