Vocabulary
Intrude
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
enter with disruptive or adverse effect.
Urdu meaning
زبردستی گھسنا، بن بلایا مہمان
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Surely, this also provides a favourable environment for external forces to intrude, especially with an alienated population that has no stakes in the existing system.
- And its internal `disarray` and jurisprudential dissonance have largely incited extraneous elements to intrude into, if not control, its space literally and metaphorically.
- And its internal `disarray` and jurisprudential dissonance have largely incited extraneous elements to intrude into, if not control, its space literally and metaphorically.
Synonyms
encroach, impinge, trespass, infringe, obtrude, thrust oneself in, invade
Curator example
“the noise began to intrude into her thoughts”
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