Intrusive Definition & Meaning

intrusive
adjective
  1. tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive"
  2. of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
  3. thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea"

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