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obtrude

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obtrude/əbˈtruːd/

▶verb

1 become obtrusive.

2 impose or force (something) on someone.

– derivatives
obtruder noun,
obtrusion noun.

– origin C16: from L. obtrudere, from ob- ‘towards’ + trudere ‘to push’.

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