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Word: intrusive (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • geology Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
  • Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.

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Noun:

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

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