invasive

1. (military, also figuratively) That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.Examples: "He managed to get back Lorraine; made truce with the Hungarians, who were excessively invasive at that time. Truce with the Hungarians; and then, having gathered strength, made dreadful beating of them; two beatings,—one to each half, for the invasive Savagery had split itself, for better chance of plunder; […]"alsofiguratively

2. (by extension)Examples: "It's wrong of me to ask such an invasive question when I keep so many secrets hidden from you."Antonyms: uninvasivebroadly

3. (by extension)Examples: "All invasive moral states and passionate enthusiasms make one feelingless to evil in some direction."broadly

4. (by extension)Examples: "an invasive species"Antonyms: noninvasive, non-invasivebroadly

5. (by extension)Examples: "The natural evolution of minimally invasive surgery has taken the surgeon to new heights and has extended the breadth of laparoscopic surgery to include procedures of the colon."Antonyms: noninvasive, non-invasivebroadly

6. (by extension)Examples: "Two patients developed cancer in the upper urinary tract, and 3 eventually developed invasive cancer."broadly