Vocabulary
Intrusion
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of intruding.
Urdu meaning
مداخلت کاری، قبضہ، حملہ، خلل اندازی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Trump seems also to be reheating the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine that imperiously forbade foreign intrusion in the American hemisphere.
- Ironically, the very executive being accused of interference was being given space for even more intrusion.
- Being the lower riparian, Sindh has seen its delta shrink, dozens of villages disappear, and tens of thousands of people displaced due to increasing seawater intrusion.
- Actions like hiking tariffs violate the Republican mantra of `no state intrusion in markets`.
- The project has spawned serious concerns in Sindh, where reduction in environmental flow below Kotri has resulted in massive sea intrusion and displacement of a significantly large population living along the delta.
Synonyms
encroachment on, trespass on, obtrusion into, invasion of, incursion into, violation of, interruption of
Curator example
“he was furious about this intrusion into his private life”
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