Intrusion
[ɪn'truːʒ(ə)n] or [ɪn'truʒn]
Definition
(noun.) entrance by force or without permission or welcome.
(noun.) rock produced by an intrusive process.
(noun.) the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation.
Edited by Anselm--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.
(n.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another.
(n.) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession.
(n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent.
Editor: Moore
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Intruding, obtrusion.[2]. Encroachment, infringement.
Edited by Elvis
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INTRUDE]
Checked by Elaine
Examples
- She did not affect modesty, nor appear in the least offended at my intrusion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As it was, I met him with the most resolute politeness, apologised for my involuntary intrusion (which he called a trespass,) and left the grounds. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Accustomed as I was to Holmes's curious faculties, this sudden intrusion into my most intimate thoughts was utterly inexplicable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In fact, it was far more the fear of intrusion--the fear of yourself--that baffled me than the fear of Mrs. Yorke. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So, gentlemen, said he, you have attained your end and have certainly chosen a particularly delicate moment for your intrusion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thinking it might be a servant coming with candles, I gently opened, to prevent intrusion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- What is the meaning of this atrocious intrusion upon my privacy? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There is such a thing as intrusion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Pray excuse my intrusion. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I hesitated, fearing that my presence might be considered an intrusion. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I protest against this intrusion, sir. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have a place to repair to, which will be a secure sanctuary from hateful reminiscences, from unwelcome intrusion--even from falsehood and slander. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They retired together; and remained a weary long time shut up from all mortal intrusion. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You had left one of your rings up-stairs, which made as good an excuse for my intrusion as I could have desired. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There was no frantic crowding and jostling, no shouting and swearing, and no swaggering intrusion of services by rowdy hackmen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These are carbon which failed to crystallize with the rest of the diamond, or intrusions of titanic iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But that is a confusion of thought, for these tyrannies are merely intrusions of the eighteenth century upon the twentieth. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Whitney