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.
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.
Origin of intrusion
1250–1300; Middle English <Medieval Latin intrūsiōn- (stem of intrūsiō), equivalent to Latin intrūs(us), past participle of intrūdere to intrude (equivalent to intrūd- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix, with dt<s) + -iōn--ion
OTHER WORDS FROM intrusion
in·tru·sion·al,adjective
Words nearby intrusion
introvert, introverted, intrude, intruder, Intruder in the Dust, intrusion, intrusive, intrust, intubate, INTUC, intuit
On top of this political intrusion, our country’s core health institutions have suffered repeated controversies, reversals, and misinterpretation of evidence, which, in turn, have eroded the public’s confidence.
Amid vaccine trials, the FDA is on trial itself|jakemeth|September 24, 2020|Fortune
None of the companies paid the ransom but the conspiracy did cost them because of the intrusion and release of data, federal prosecutor Laura Kathleen Bernstein said.
Hacker sentenced to 5 years for targeting U.S. companies|Verne Kopytoff|September 22, 2020|Fortune
He shouted about restrictions being intrusions on citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights during a Broward County news conference.
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider does not approve of anti-maskers using ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’|radmarya|September 17, 2020|Fortune
And while big celebrities loath its intrusion and sloppiness with facts, those chasing fame long to be in its pages.
Hollywood vs. The Daily Mail: George Clooney and Angelina Jolie Take On The UK's Leanest, Meanest Gossip Machine|Lizzie Crocker, Lloyd Grove|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is important not to lump all forms of intrusion together, but rather to consider them category by category.
Is Prism Really a Scandal?|Alan M. Dershowitz|June 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I asked him whether critics and historians are threatened by his intrusion.
Nobel Winner Eric Kandel: ‘The Age of Insight,’ Memory, the Holocaust, and the Art of Vienna|Jimmy So|April 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Despite the intrusion of the truth-telling stepsister, this mode is evident in The Privileges.
Literary Gold in Hard Times|Chloë Schama|November 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Some Africans consider the intervention an intrusion into internal affairs.
Obama, Congo Needs You Now|Annie Rashidi-Mulumba|May 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I apologised for my intrusion; but the atmosphere of the place was not genial.
The Charm of Ireland|Burton Egbert Stevenson
I hope you will pardon this intrusion,” said I; “but 40 my room is No. 12, and something has gone wrong with this blamed house.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
But the heir, if he was the heir, had only resented the intrusion, desiring that he might be left alone.
Cousin Henry|Anthony Trollope
Its front, which had stood exposed to weather and the intrusion of wild beasts, had been built up, with a doorway in the centre.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold
Its walls would be esteemed polluted by any intrusion of the husband.
Travels in France during the years 1814-1815|Archibald Alison
British Dictionary definitions for intrusion
intrusion
/ (ɪnˈtruːʒən) /
noun
the act or an instance of intruding; an unwelcome visit, interjection, etcan intrusion on one's privacy
the movement of magma from within the earth's crust into spaces in the overlying strata to form igneous rock
any igneous rock formed in this way
property lawan unlawful entry onto land by a stranger after determination of a particular estate of freehold and before the remainderman or reversioner has made entry
The movement of magma through cracks in underground rocks within the Earth, usually in an upward direction.♦ Rocks that form from the underground cooling of magma are generally coarse-grained (because they cool slowly so that large crystals have time to grow) and are called intrusive rocks. Compare extrusion.