intrusion
an act or instance of intruding.
the state of being intruded.
Law.
an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property.
a wrongful entry after the determination of a particular estate, made before the remainderman or reversioner has entered.
Geology.
emplacement of molten rock in preexisting rock.
plutonic rock emplaced in this manner.
a process analogous to magmatic intrusion, as the injection of a plug of salt into sedimentary rocks.
the matter forced in.
Origin of intrusion
1Other words from intrusion
- in·tru·sion·al, adjective
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How to use intrusion in a sentence
The sounds dipped into the range of human hearing only when a flyby visitor made a quick intrusion.
A face mask may turn up a male wrinkle-faced bat’s sex appeal | Susan Milius | November 24, 2020 | Science NewsEven the most focused of stage actors can be rattled by an unexpected intrusion, such as an errant ringtone or overzealous audience murmuring.
Arena Stage returns to live performances with an outdoor production of the rousing ‘Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak on It!’ | Thomas Floyd | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostOn top of this political intrusion, our country’s core health institutions have suffered repeated controversies, reversals, and misinterpretation of evidence, which, in turn, have eroded the public’s confidence.
None of the companies paid the ransom but the conspiracy did cost them because of the intrusion and release of data, federal prosecutor Laura Kathleen Bernstein said.
Hacker sentenced to 5 years for targeting U.S. companies | Verne Kopytoff | September 22, 2020 | FortuneHe shouted about restrictions being intrusions on citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights during a Broward County news conference.
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider does not approve of anti-maskers using ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ | radmarya | September 17, 2020 | Fortune
Markets break people out of one kind of intimate intrusion, then involve them in another, in which work tells you who to be.
Now we require safe rooms on steroids, not only protected from physical but technological intrusion.
Writing a Novel: Even Making It Up Requires Research | Ridley Pearson | July 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd while big celebrities loath its intrusion and sloppiness with facts, those chasing fame long to be in its pages.
Hollywood vs. The Daily Mail: George Clooney and Angelina Jolie Take On The UK's Leanest, Meanest Gossip Machine | Lizzie Crocker, Lloyd Grove | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJoe Barton of Texas, one of the less bright bulbs in Congress, denounced the standard as yet another intrusion.
The Chicken Littles Are Wrong: Environmental Regulations Always Spur Innovation | Daniel Gross | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was partly the wish for a right to privacy from unwarranted government intrusion that set in motion the American Revolution.
Snowden Deserves the Medal of Freedom, Not Prosecution | Jay Parini | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTrue, in such a case as this, "economic strength" would probably be broken down by the intrusion of physical violence.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockNow, the intrusion of a definite, uncontorted memory was evidence of returning cerebral activity.
Dope | Sax RohmerThe caesural pause comes after Ector, which might allow the intrusion of the word of before king.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe ladder still leaning against the wall outside would reveal his intrusion.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxIt held him on the threshold, unmoved by the rushing assault and lacerating bark of the little dog, who resented his intrusion.
The Creators | May Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for intrusion
/ (ɪnˈtruːʒən) /
the act or an instance of intruding; an unwelcome visit, interjection, etc: an intrusion on one's privacy
the movement of magma from within the earth's crust into spaces in the overlying strata to form igneous rock
any igneous rock formed in this way
property law an unlawful entry onto land by a stranger after determination of a particular estate of freehold and before the remainderman or reversioner has made entry
Derived forms of intrusion
- intrusional, adjective
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Scientific definitions for intrusion
[ ĭn-trōō′zhən ]
The movement of magma through cracks in underground rocks within the Earth, usually in an upward direction.♦ Rocks that form from the underground cooling of magma are generally coarse-grained (because they cool slowly so that large crystals have time to grow) and are called intrusive rocks. Compare extrusion.
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