INTRUSION Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

intrusion

noun

as in incursion

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 on the Web So, too, could fabrications of warnings of a nuclear attack against the United States, spread through a cyber intrusion by state or nonstate actors or even accidentally by artificial intelligence, trigger a nuclear response. —

Anthony Lake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2024 Regular Chinese intrusions into Indonesia’s territorial waters stoke public outrage, while Washington’s support for Israel in the Gaza crisis has proved toxic in a nation with more Muslims than any other. —

Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024 There is no room for government intrusion into a woman’s womb. —

The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Yet even in the latter case, coverage may be denied if it was determined the rain intrusion was the result of pre-existing maintenance failures, like a leaky roof or improper insulation. —

Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for intrusion

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Sources indicate that Kyiv is seeking to revive discussions mediated by Qatar after previous talks nearly resulted in an agreement in August but were derailed by Ukraine's military incursion into Russia's Kursk region.

Katya Soldak, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Predictably, Putin saw the incursion as a stab in the back and pulled the plug, with Moscow labeling the Ukrainian offensive as an escalation.

Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024