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intrude

[in-trood]

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verb (used with object)

to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.

Geology. to thrust or force into.

to install (a cleric) in a church contrary to the wishes of its members.

verb (used without object)

to thrust oneself without permission or welcome: to intrude upon their privacy.

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Origin:
1525–35; < Latin intrūdere to push in, equivalent to in- in-² + trūdere to push

Related forms

in·trud·er, noun

in·trud·ing·ly, adverb

self-in·trud·er, noun

un·in·trud·ed, adjective

un·in·trud·ing, adjective

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un·in·trud·ing·ly, adverb

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Synonyms
4. interfere, interlope. See trespass.

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Example Sentences

She did not in any manner whatsoever interfere with the work of my office or intrude upon our matter.

Furthermore, in the real world, politics often intrude on the labor market.

Politics, he said, should not intrude into university life.

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She did not in any manner whatsoever interfere with the work of my office or intrude upon our matter.

Furthermore, in the real world, politics often intrude on the labor market.

Politics, he said, should not intrude into university life.

Nails aren't pounded into trees, and guides create routes that scarcely intrude upon the soaring, bromeliad-clad forest.

Critics fear, however, that partial match?es intrude on privacy and cast suspicion far too widely.

These tricks intrude on the sense of reality you're working for.

The third, mysterious figure is an artist with words, which he uses to intrude into the couple's relationship.

While those numbers may be effective landmarks, some fear that they may start to intrude on the text.

Politics, however, was not allowed to intrude on friendship.

It was sequestered, for six months, from those who would intrude.

Kenya functions best where the government does not intrude.

There is a sense that there is no rush getting to know the books, and that no eager clerk is going to intrude.

It permits prejudice to intrude on logical conclusions.

The script is heavily crowded with minor characters and incidents of a supplementary nature that intrude on the main development.

Politics has begun to intrude into the firm's strategy, too.

Be sure that the sound won't intrude on neighbors' privacy.

Too much refined modern sensibilities intrude here to make a credible re-read of historical outcome.

Sanou were doing his best not to allow the reality of these lives to intrude on his pleasant fantasy.

Tzimisces, the reason for the anger is that people really expected that reality would not intrude on their beautiful dream.

They failed to compute how far this sort of fanciful nonsense required that they intrude their tongues into their cheeks.

It may intrude on the president's role in executing the laws.

Downes' department, it would not be our wish to intrude.

Truth is, if you think intrusive measures are the way to go, you will have to intrude into everyone.

Commerce, however, has begun to intrude on this simple pleasure.

As it is, a few comic moments intrude on a storyful of cliches.

He doesn't want to intrude on you, to invade you space.

Even so, the fragile security situation of the country and its precarious economy have managed to intrude on the celebrations.

But then making sure that politics do not intrude on sensitive financial decisions will be even tougher.

Guinness and his string ensemble of bandits intrude themselves before-and after-they pull their stunt.

No received notions, dramatic or ideological, intrude on this achievement.

Insects that intrude on wild tobacco elicit the smell of distress.

He has given his melodrama speed, and few unnecessary speeches intrude on the action.

Music naturally heightens the pathos and whips up emotion in big scenes, but never does it intrude upon the picture.

On occasion, his politics intrude and give some of the stories the dated quality of old newspaper articles.

There are few competing sounds to intrude on his music, except for the barking of dogs.

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intrude (ɪnˈtruːd)

—vb (often foll by into, on, or upon)
1.	to put forward or interpose (oneself, one's views, something) abruptly or without invitation
2.	geology to force or thrust (rock material, esp molten magma) or (of rock material) to be thrust between solid rocks

[C16: from Latin intrūdere to thrust in, from in-² + trūdere to thrust]

in'trudingly

—*adv*

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