intrude
Americanverb (used with object)
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to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
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Geology. to thrust or force into.
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to install (a cleric) in a church contrary to the wishes of its members.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to put forward or interpose (oneself, one's views, something) abruptly or without invitation
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geology to force or thrust (rock material, esp molten magma) or (of rock material) to be thrust between solid rocks
Related Words
See trespass.
Other Word Forms
- intruder noun
- intrudingly adverb
- self-intruder noun
- unintruded adjective
- unintruding adjective
- unintrudingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of intrude
First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin intrūdere “to push in,” equivalent to in- in- 2 + trūdere “to push”
Example Sentences
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It was best not to probe, not to intrude, I thought.
From Literature
The "Jerk" method identifies extremely small ground motions that occur when magma intrudes into the crust.
From Science Daily
“I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
Saber-rattling trumpet and timpani intrude and are shushed away as worthless.
From Los Angeles Times
Anderson plays the children's mother, whose presence intrudes into the family's lives despite her apparently having been killed by wolves.
From Barron's
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