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| Main Entry: |
intrusion
 [in-troo-zhuhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interruption |
| Synonyms: | encroachment, forced entrance, impingement, imposition, incursion, infraction, inroad, interference, interposition, intervention, invasion, meddling, obtrusion, overrunning, overstepping, transgression, trespass |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, big scene, big stink, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | charge, command, constraint, demand, drag, duty, encroachment, encumbrance, intrusion, levy, pain, pain in the neck, pressure, presumption, restraint, tax |
| Antonyms: | advantage, aid, benefit, blessing, help, profit |
Example Sentences
- But there comes a point where police intrusion is so great, even if there is no traditional expectation of privacy, that.
- Liquid-crystal display technology is partly responsible for this new intrusion.
- And if carried to its ultimate extreme, human intrusion could affect the animals' entire species-and has.
| Main Entry: | incursion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invasion |
| Synonyms: | aggression, attack, foray, infiltration, inroad, intrusion, irruption, penetration, raid |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | inroad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, foray |
| Synonyms: | encroachment, impingement, incursion, intrusion, invasion, irruption, onslaught, raid, trespass |
| Main Entry: | interference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meddling, impedance |
| Synonyms: | arrest, background, backseat driving, barging in, barring, blocking, checking, choking, clashing, clogging, conflict, hampering, hindrance, intermeddling, interposition, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness, obstruction, opposition, prying, resistance, retardation, tackling, tampering, trespassing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, abeyancy, arrest, blackout, breach, break-off, cessation, check, cutoff, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, disuniting, division, doldrums, dormancy, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, latency, layoff, letup, obstacle, obstruction, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, severance, split, stop, stoppage, suspension |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
| Main Entry: | invasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, encroachment |
| Synonyms: | aggression, assault, breach, entrenchment, foray, forced entrance, incursion, infiltration, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, irruption, maraud, offense, offensive, onslaught, overstepping, raid, transgression, trespass, usurpation, violation |
| Antonyms: | retreat, surrender, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | trespass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | invasion, offense |
| Synonyms: | breach, contravention, crime, delinquency, encroachment, entrenchment, error, evildoing, fault, infraction, infringement, iniquity, injury, intrusion, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, obtrusion, poaching, sin, transgression, unlawful entry, violation, wrongdoing, wrongful entry |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
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