intrusion

[in-troo-zhuhn]

noun

1. an act or instance of intruding.

2. the state of being intruded.

3. Law.

   1. an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property.

   2. a wrongful entry after the determination of a particular estate, made before the remainderman or reversioner has entered.

4. Geology.

   1. emplacement of molten rock in preexisting rock.

   2. plutonic rock emplaced in this manner.

   3. a process analogous to magmatic intrusion, as the injection of a plug of salt into sedimentary rocks.

   4. the matter forced in.

intrusion

/ ɪnˈtruːʒən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of intruding; an unwelcome visit, interjection, etc

   an intrusion on one's privacy

2. 1. the movement of magma from within the earth's crust into spaces in the overlying strata to form igneous rock

   2. any igneous rock formed in this way

3. 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

intrusion

1. The movement of magma through cracks in underground rocks within the Earth, usually in an upward direction.

2. ◆ 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.

3. Compare extrusion

Other Word Forms

• intrusional adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intrusion¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Medieval Latin intrūsiōn- (stem of intrūsiō ), equivalent to Latin intrūs ( us ), past participle of intrūdere to intrude (equivalent to intrūd- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt < s ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

But that kind of intrusion is not something that is just confined to history.

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Prince William and Catherine are known to want to create as private a family life as possible for their three children, and to protect them from media intrusion.

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Italy's government said Thursday it would address concerns over a new bridge to Sicily, after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned a court ruling against the project as an "intolerable intrusion".

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Yet they come across as a bulky intrusion, a rare example here of making an architectural statement for its own sake.

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The SEC’s rule is an unconstitutional intrusion on free speech.

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Related Words

• encroachment 
• imposition 
• incursion 
• interference 
• intervention 
• invasion