obtrude

Word family

ob·trude /əbˈtruːd/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formal

INTERFEREif something obtrudes, or you obtrude something, it becomes noticeable where it is not wanted (使)强行进入[闯入]；强加 → intrude

Examples from the Corpus

obtrude• In practice, however, motives for intervention are rarely entirely pure, and an element of self-interest usually obtrudes.• Throughout the revising, to her surprise and her annoyance, Mallachy had obtruded.• Francis's owl-like countenance obtruded again.• Memories of her grandmother's judgements obtruded themselves and she closed her mind against them.• Popper insists that neither facts nor hypotheses simply obtrude themselves.• Comedy obtrudes too to obfuscate matters still further.• The existing caravans, and particularly the new brick and stone built communal facilities already obtrude unacceptably into the landscape.

Origin obtrude

(1500-1600) Latin obtrudere “to push out at”

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Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 35421 COCA: 40698

obtrude