INTRUSIONS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

intrusion

noun

Definition of intrusion

as in encroachment

entry made without invitation or permission Opening other people's personal mail without permission is an intrusion into their privacy. Pardon the intrusion, but I couldn't help overhearing.

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Recent Examples of intrusion These are rooms that encourage guests to slow down, disconnect from digital intrusions, and recenter themselves. — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026 Veterans, retirees and lawmakers spoke out — against its scale, its cost, its lack of Congressional approval, its gaudiness, its intrusion on nearby Arlington National Cemetery and more — next to a mockup made of tarp. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 In July, an orchestrated multi-agent framework ran a four-day intrusion against Taiwan’s justice ministry, cracking employee accounts, extracting personnel records, SSO client secrets and database credentials. — Taylor Morgan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In assessing an incident, the focus should therefore include whether the network architecture provided sufficient barriers to contain the intrusion. — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intrusion

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrusion

Noun

Doing so would entail repairing cracks that admit water, maintaining the foundations of each section, applying a sealant to slow the weathering process, and keeping the encroachment of vegetation in check.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Kobie Turner was whistled for encroachment with the ball inside the 1.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of encroachment

Noun

The vote prolongs the crisis and raises the chance of early elections at a time of regional security concerns, with the NATO member confronting a sharp increase in drone incursions linked to Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine.

— Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The soldiers were among thousands sent by North Korea to help Russia repel a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region as part of expanding cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of incursion

Noun

Russia has used attacks on energy facilities in order to deny Ukrainian civilians power, heat and running water during the war, hoping to wear down public support for Ukraine's response to Moscow's full-scale invasion.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
But the pincer movement—the armed invasion from the East, and tariffs from the West—is leaving steelmaking in Ukraine in a perilous position.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of invasion

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The ruling came as part of a widening patent infringement dispute with Halozyme Therapeutics over the best-selling cancer treatment.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026
The defendants — Capitol Records, Universal Music Group, Sony Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing America — were notified in writing of the infringement in August, the lawsuit says.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of infringement

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Denny Hamlin served a safety violation after a tire bounced out of his team’s pit box, sending him to the back of the field temporarily.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
Myriad violations, from food that should’ve been trashed weeks earlier to filthy equipment, befouled the state inspection of a West Miami-Dade supermarket this week.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026