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All intrude synonyms

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verb intrude

  • infringe — to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
  • invade — to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
  • meddle — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
  • interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
  • disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
  • violate — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
  • interject — to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
  • bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  • pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
  • interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
  • introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
  • overstep — to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority.
  • thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
  • insinuate — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
  • interpolate — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
  • interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
  • obtrude — to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
  • intercalate — to interpolate; interpose.
  • interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
  • impose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • intervene — to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
  • trespass — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
  • entrench — Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
  • barge in — If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying.
  • butt in — If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
  • cut in — If you cut in on someone, you interrupt them when they are speaking.
  • hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • horn in — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
  • chisel in — to force oneself upon others without being asked or welcomed
  • intermeddle — to take part in a matter, especially officiously; meddle.
  • push in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
  • encroach — Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right).
  • break in — If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.
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