All 10 Uses
intrusion
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Jude the Obscure
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- "It is just one of those intrusive, vulgar, pushing, applications which are so common in these days," he thought.†
Part 2 *intrusive = unwelcome involvement
- ...But I won't intrude on you further; only I would advise you not to shut the door too tight, or I shall find you stifled to-morrow.†
Part 4intrude = unwelcome involvement or interruption
- Then no one could intrude even by accident.†
Part 4
- Her nervous manner, begotten of a fear lest he should be injured by her course, might have been interpreted by a stranger as displeasure that Phillotson intruded his presence on her for the few brief minutes that remained.†
Part 4intruded = interrupted or involved oneself without welcome
- The most familiar object in Stoke-Barehills nowadays is its cemetery, standing among some picturesque mediaeval ruins beside the railway; the modern chapels, modern tombs, and modern shrubs having a look of intrusiveness amid the crumbling and ivy-covered decay of the ancient walls.†
Part 5
- I had no idea that anybody was going to intrude into such a lonely place and see us!†
Part 5intrude = unwelcome involvement or interruption
- Their door was tried once or twice, and to guard themselves against intrusion Jude wrote "Private" on a scrap of paper, and stuck it upon the panel.†
Part 5intrusion = an interruption or involvement that is unwelcome
- Why did you intrude here?†
Part 6intrude = unwelcome involvement or interruption
- "Of course, my dear, I shan't expect to intrude upon your personal privacy any more than I did before," he said gravely.†
Part 6
- I thought it would be less intrusive than to enter your house.†
Part 6intrusive = unwelcome involvement
Definitions:
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(1)
(intrusion) an involvement or interruption that is unwelcome
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In geology, intrusion can reference the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation.