invasive
Example Sentences
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"For The Mail to access it before the parents themselves - it was outrageous, invasive, and upsetting. It left us asking, 'If they can get this, what else can they get?'"
From BBC
Testing period blood would be an even less invasive option, say the Chinese researchers behind the new study in the journal The BMJ, adding it could be "a robust alternative" to current methods.
From BBC
By clearing invasive trees and replanting native grasslands, he replenished the land’s topsoil and resurrected a dozen natural springs—which, in turn, lured back birds, insects and other wildlife.
Understanding the human brain is particularly difficult because researchers typically cannot experiment on healthy people in invasive ways.
From Science Daily
According to Barton, when deer munch on native plants, the plants are replaced by invasive grasses that dry out quickly and burn easily.
From Los Angeles Times
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