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intrusive (adj.)

c. 1400, "usurping," from Latin intrus-, past participle stem of intrudere (see intrusion) + -ive. Meaning "coming unbidden" is from 1640s. Geological sense "thrust in out of regular place" is from 1826. Related: Intrusively; intrusiveness.

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Definitions of intrusive from WordNet

intrusive (adj.)
tending to intrude (especially upon privacy);
she felt her presence there was intrusive
intrusive (adj.)
of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock;
intrusive (adj.)
thrusting inward;
an intrusive arm of the sea
From wordnet.princeton.edu