Word Finder - intrusive

definition

An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

definition

Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

example

Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?

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Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Yancey tossed his newspaper aside and stomped into the hallway, where he gruffly answered the intrusive caller.

Without wanting to get too intrusive, can you shed any light?

Both he and Daniel Brennan became sounding boards without being intrusive.

Some feel it is unfairly intrusive.

Practically all the remaining area in these islands is occupied by metamorphic schists and gneisses which occur in great variety and with which are associated numerous dikes and masses of intrusive igneous rock.

They show a great variety of type made up of slates, quartzites, occasional conglomerates, schists with large masses of intrusive granites and gneiss.

The sedimentary rocks are affected by many dikes and sheets of igneous rock, some of the latter being extrusive and some intrusive.

These intrusive masses now tower into conspicuous groups of hills - the Cuillins in Skye, the mountains of Rum and Mull, and the rugged heights of Ardnamurchan.

Geologically the group is composed mainly of Triassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary strata, penetrated by intrusive rocks.

It forms part of an intrusive mass which, on the south and west cliffs of the island, has a columnar arrangement and is traversed by dykes of dolerite, most of which run in a northwest direction.

The northern part of the western side of the anticline is broken off by a great fault in the valley of the Eden, and the scarp thus formed is rendered more abrupt by the presence of a sheet of intrusive basalt.

There was no confiscation of lands for the benefit of intrusive Danish settlers.

Slates, schists, quartzites and limestones form the greater part of the hills, but the Brocken and Victorshohe are masses of intrusive granite, and diabases and diabase tuffs are interstratified with the sedimentary deposits.

The Devonian period, as in Victoria, was marked by a series of granitic intrusions, which altered the older beds on the contact, while the quartz-porphyry dikes, which are intrusive in the Silurian rocks at the Mount Bischoff tin mine, doubtless belong to this period.

The tinguaites and solvsbergites of Port C y gnet, south of Hobart, may be of this age; they are intrusive in Carboniferous rocks, and there is no evidence of their precise date; but their resemblance to the rocks associated with the geburite-dacite of Victoria suggests that they may belong to.

This innovative approach avoids visually intrusive surface-mounted closers and invasive work to floors to fit floor-level closers.

Intrusive research is defined in terms of whether consent would be required of a person who is mentally competent.

This series contains the great whin sill, an intrusive quartz dolerite, which is one of the interesting features of local geology.

Mountain summits show roof of Silurian hornfels above intrusive granites of Western Mournes.

Third, the four parishioners who had heard the test had found the noise very intrusive.

We have to continue to strive to make that technology less intrusive.

Signs Signs should not be visually intrusive from the waterway.

This occurs either through poorly designed assessment tasks or through the existence of an overly intrusive regime of compliance.

The only real issue is whether such differential charging would be unduly intrusive into peopleâs privacy.

We have not incorporated these into our website as we believe that they are unnecessarily intrusive and decrease website accessibility.

Many homes have a sloping roof which could be paneled - less environmentally intrusive than wind turbines.

The sounds can also help reduce the contrast between the tinnitus and background sounds, making the tinnitus appear less intrusive.

Observation may seem more intrusive to the people being observed than to the observer.

Nicholas Briggs ' music works well, blending into the story well without once becoming intrusive on the action of the story itself.

The presence of the film crews never felt intrusive.

Again, this is probably owing to your relaxed mind suffering less from the intrusive thoughts of a fully conscious mind.

What is equally worrying is the intrusive nature of the new moralism.

The search for buried ordnance is carried out using either non-intrusive or intrusive investigation methods.

The same is true of intrusive rue of intrusive r, discussed above.

This " break in " was for him a most severe and extreme intrusive stressor.

Plainly these were the men who had been involved in the intrusive surveillance of me for the preceding three years.

The use of traditional materials - white painted stone or stucco with gray roofs would be least intrusive.

The CWC, which entered into force in 1997, has an intrusive verification regime within it.

While the noise is low and constant it can be intrusive.

You want to landscape as close to nature as possible so as to be less intrusive.

They pay for themselves over their lifecycle, and they are much less intrusive to the environment than mining coal or digging wells for oil.

The symptoms can be moderate but intrusive, or they can be severe and debilitating.

In addition, while electric floor heating systems are sold as "no maintenance" systems, if something does happen to go wrong with one over time, repairs could be costly and intrusive.

Surgery may be too intrusive for some patients and nasal masks can be uncomfortable for others.

While the techniques are often less intrusive than medical interventions are, it is still important to see your doctor about snoring problems.

It helps to begin with the least intrusive methods to address the breathing problem such as antihistamines to reduce nasal swelling or nasal strips on the outside of the nose to help open the nasal cavity.

For the most part this doesn't pose as an intrusive annoyance to your overall enjoyment of the game.

Other than that, cosmetic flaws like the less-than-stellar voice acting (with the exception of Patrick Stewart and Lou Diamond Phillips) are hardly intrusive to the joys of linear gameplay.

I had no clue if it was legal or not but the gendarmes were less intrusive than ants on that day.

Winemakers use many different methods for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, however the least intrusive are generally the most effective such as natural, wild fermentations.