Intrusion - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪnˈtruːʒn|  American pronunciation of the word intrusion
Brit.  |ɪnˈtruːʒ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word intrusion

noun

- any entry into an area not previously occupied (syn: encroachment, invasion)
- entrance by force or without permission or welcome
- the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation
- rock produced by an intrusive process
- entry to another's property without right or permission (syn: encroachment, trespass, usurpation, violation)

Extra examples

This porch, however, is a subsequent intrusion.

We hadn't even expected him to come. It was an intrusion.

Pardon my intrusion.

I resented this intrusion into my domestic affairs.

...an impracticable plan for dealing with the recent intrusion of bears in the suburban neighborhood...

He prefers to support the poacher's intrusion than to risk shooting at him.

Word forms

noun
singular: intrusion
plural: intrusions
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