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/ɪntrˈuʒən/ Listen

noun

Intrusion n.

The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment. "Why this intrusion? Were not my orders that I should be private?"

(Geol.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another.

(Law) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession.

(Scotch Ch.) The settlement of a minister over a congregation without their consent.

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"Intrusion" Quotes from Famous Books

... death of Kjartan would lose much. There is first of all the comic value of the meanness and envy in the mind of the boor, his complacency at the quarrels and mutual destruction of the magnificent people. His intrusion on the scene, his judgment of the situation, is proof of the variety of the life from which the Saga is drawn. More than that, there is here a rather cruel test of the heroics of Laxdla, of the story itself; the notable thing about this spectator and critic is that his boorish judgment is partly ...

— Epic and Romance - Essays on Medieval Literature • W. P. Ker

... and for a few moments Donaldson waited impatiently for the next development. It came when he heard her voice asking him to come in. He was in the room in three strides. She was sitting in her chair with her head bandaged, Marie sitting by her side as though liking but little his intrusion. At sight of the white strip across her ...

— The Seventh Noon • Frederick Orin Bartlett

... on to overtake the stranger, whom, presently, he saw turn round and look back. Evidently he had become aware of the approach. Equally evidently he either welcomed or resented the intrusion upon his solitude. For he reined in his horse, and waited for the officer to ...

— The Law-Breakers • Ridgwell Cullum

... pedant—his voice, so close at hand, startling the astonished baron, who had believed himself alone, and safe from intrusion—"that shirt has verily a valiant and triumphant air. It looks as if it had been worn by Mars himself in battle, so riddled has it been by lances, spears, darts, arrows, and I know not what besides. Don't be ashamed of it, Baron!—these holes are honourable to you. Many a shirt of fine linen, ruffled ...

— Captain Fracasse • Theophile Gautier

... I inquired next as if anxious to ascertain that all Fyne's fears had been misplaced and vain as our fears often are; that there were no undesirable cousins for his dear girls, no danger of intrusion on their spotless home. Powell looked round at me slowly, his pipe smouldering in ...

— Chance • Joseph Conrad

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