What does obtrude upon mean?

obtrude upon means "to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate".

What is another word for obtrude upon?

Close synonyms include intrude on, invade, encroach upon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obtrude upon a common word?

obtrude upon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

obtrude upon — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
“This new colleague invades my territory”
“The neighbors intrude on your privacy”
Synonymsintrude on invade encroach upon
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