intrude

verb

in-ˈtrüd How to pronounce intrude (audio)
Definition of intrudenext
1
as in to interrupt
to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion forgive me for intruding, but I think I know where that restaurant is

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2
as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern the story of a would-be matchmaker who intrudes into the lives of her friends

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Recent Examples of intrude This week, an ethical question, of all things, intruded into the baseball playoffs. — Scott Simon, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026 Nathalia Acevedo’s film transforms the salon into a liminal space where memory, imagination and time converge, gradually allowing the outside world to intrude. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 OpenAI models broke out of testing environments, gained access to the open internet, and intruded into Hugging Face’s computer systems. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 Antitrust laws granted the courts the ability to intrude on private contracts and dictate how people should run their businesses. — Sen. Rand Paul Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intrude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrude
  1. interrupt
  2. interfere
  3. mess
Verb
  • Adif said in a post on X on Wednesday morning that traffic on the Madrid to Andalucía high-speed line had been interrupted due to a collision between two trains.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Strong building codes, effective enforcement, stronger roofs, protected openings and sound roof-to-wall connections can interrupt the expensive cycle of destruction and reconstruction.
    — Kevin M. McCarty, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of interrupt
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  • Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro also warned Canada last month against interfering in the midterms.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Experts worry federal law enforcement could potentially use those false claims — or others generated this year — as pretext to try to seize ballots during the counting period, or interfere in the process in some other way.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of interfere
Verb
  • That book really messed me up in the sense of nothing is promised.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Had a couple calls in here that messed it up a little bit, but that’s the game.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
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“Intrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrude. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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