INTRUDES Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

intrudes

verb

present tense third-person singular of intrude

as in interrupts

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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as in interferes

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 intrudes The plaintiffs in Wednesday's lawsuit argued the order unconstitutionally intrudes on Congress and the states' power to regulate elections, since the Constitution doesn't give the president any direct authority over how federal elections are conducted. —

Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Currently, a team of local researchers in North Carolina is collaborating to better understand how dredging may lead to the formation of more ghost forests and salinity, in an effort to gauge just how salt water intrudes the river system and how much salt water is needed to impact local ecosystems. —

Patrick Sisson, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026 Elon Musk has a habit of announcing the future in sweeping metaphors, then quietly changing course when reality intrudes. —

Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026 Urgency intrudes, the long term slips, and foundational risks compound even as leaders acknowledge them. —

Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026 Meanwhile, seawater intrudes like an advancing army toward thicker ice, which rests on bedrock that slopes inward toward the bowl-like center of the continent. —

Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025 The opposite dangers easily slip from mind, until reality intrudes. —

Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Review of Books, 25 Sep. 2025 Trending markets tends to persist until the macro inputs erode or a shock intrudes. —

Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025 The Ultra's thinner black bezel intrudes slightly upon the display for its front-facing camera, though the notch is smaller than last year's Tab S10 Ultra. —

PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025

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Goro’s show, which Tomoki interrupts whenever the mood strikes, maintains that only the dying are sensitive enough to appreciate the full scope of life’s beauty, and that message naturally resonates with the ethos of Marie-Lou’s approach to eldercare.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
Edith interrupts their reading time, disciplines Grace in secret, and subtly discourages affection toward her father.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026