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/ɪnˈtɹuːd/ · verb
(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass..
to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another
The noise of machinery intruded on an otherwise quiet morning.
Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.
An American "SR-71" high-speed and high-altitude reconnaissance plane intruded 33 miles within the military security line east of Kosong County of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea yesterday for espionage and hostile acts, according to KCNA.
Use intrude when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Intrude means (intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass..
Common synonyms include barge in, trespass, obtrude, irrupt.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another
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