OBTRUSION Synonyms

• the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

• an uncalled-for burden

• the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)

• an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

• the mistake of incurring liability or blame

• a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• (American football) blocking a player's path with your body

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion

• the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• any entry into an area not previously occupied

• entrance by force or without permission or welcome

• the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation

• rock produced by an intrusive process

• entry to another's property without right or permission

• the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

• any entry into an area not previously occupied

• (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body