intrusionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪnˈtruː.ʒən/us/ɪnˈtruː.ʒən/C2 an occasion when someone goes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or expected to be:
They complained about excessive government intrusion (= unwanted involvement) into their legitimate activities.
His phone call was a welcome intrusion into an otherwise tedious morning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- barge
- barge in
- be on the scene idiom
- been
- breaking and entering idiom
- bugger
- go down
- invade
- keep (sb/sth) out
- land
- let
- let sb/sth in
- loom
- pile
- pitch
- pitch invasion
- pitch up
- rock
- roll up! idiom
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Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will