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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•tru•sion /ɪnˈtruʒən/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. an act or instance of intruding: [uncountable]She hated the intrusion into her private life.[countable]The press made intrusions into his private life.
in•tru•sive /ɪnˈtrusɪv/USA pronunciation  adj.: an intrusive question.
in•tru•sive•ly, adv. 
in•tru•sive•ness, n. [uncountable]See -trude-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•tru•sion  (in tro̅o̅′zhən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an act or instance of intruding.
  2. the state of being intruded.
  3. Law
    • an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property.
    • a wrongful entry after the determination of a particular estate, made before the remainderman or reversioner has entered.
  4. Geology
    • emplacement of molten rock in preexisting rock.
    • plutonic rock emplaced in this manner.
    • a process analogous to magmatic intrusion, as the injection of a plug of salt into sedimentary rocks.
    • the matter forced in.
  • s) + -iōn- -ion
  • Medieval Latin intrūsiōn- (stem of intrūsiō), equivalent. to Latin intrūs(us), past participle of intrūdere to intrude (equivalent. to intrūd- v.stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt
  • Middle English 1250–1300
in•tru′sion•al, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•tru•sive  (in tro̅o̅′siv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. tending or apt to intrude;
    coming without invitation or welcome:intrusive memories of a lost love.
  2. characterized by or involving intrusion.
  3. intruding;
    thrusting in.
  4. Geology
    • (of a rock) having been forced between preexisting rocks or rock layers while in a molten or plastic condition.
    • noting or pertaining to plutonic rocks.
  5. Phoneticsexcrescent (def. 2).
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English; see intrusion, -ive
in•tru′sive•ly, adv. 
in•tru′sive•ness, n. 
    1. annoying, bothersome, interfering, distracting, irksome, worrisome, troublesome, irritating, disturbing.
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