All 3 Uses of
intrusion
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- They had a connection so special it sometimes made me feel I should turn away, that I was intruding.†
*intruding = interrupting or involving oneself without welcome
- The look on his face was so honest, so replete, that I felt like I was intruding.†
- I had become overly comfortable with myself, so much so that anyone else would have felt like an intrusion.†
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) 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.