intrusive
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Synonyms: obtrusive, intensive, intrusion, inclusive, retrusive, infusive, inobtrusive, extrusive, detrusive, unintrusive, intrusives
Antonyms: obtrusive, intensive, intrusion, inclusive, retrusive, infusive, inobtrusive, extrusive, detrusive, unintrusive, intrusives
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Adjective
- Tending to [[intrude]]; doing that which is not [[welcome]]; [[interrupting]] or [[disturbing]]; [[enter]]ing without [[permission]] or [[welcome]].
- {{lb|en|geology}} Of rocks: forced, while in a [[plastic]] or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- {{lb|en|linguistics}} [[epenthetic|Epenthetic]].
- {{lb|en|programming}} Designating a type of [[collection#Noun|collection]] in which each [[item#Noun|item]] keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
Noun
- {{lb|en|geology}} An [[igneous]] [[rock]] that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
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