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   intrude

   /ɪnˈtruːd/

   verb

   • 1. put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited: "he had no right to intrude into their lives"
   • ▪ enter with disruptive or adverse effect: "the noise began to intrude into her thoughts" Similar encroachimpingetrespassinfringeobtrudethrust oneself ininvadeviolateinterfere withdisturbdisruptinformal:horn inmuscle inarchaic:entrenchOpposite withdraw
   • ▪ introduce (something) into a situation with disruptive or adverse effect: "to intrude political criteria into military decisions risks reducing efficiency" Similar forcepushintroduceobtrudeimposethrustOpposite remove
   • 2. (of igneous rock) be forced or thrust into (an existing formation): "the granite may have intruded these rock layers"
   • ▪ force or thrust (igneous rock) into an existing formation.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘usurp an office or right’; originally as entrude): from Latin intrudere, from in- ‘into’ + trudere ‘to thrust’.

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