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intrude verb [ ɪnˈtruːd ]

• put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited.
• "he had no right to intrude into their lives"
• (of igneous rock) be forced or thrust into (an existing formation).
• "the granite may have intruded these rock layers"
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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