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What does obtrude mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area. [from 16th c.]
  2. (intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into). [from 16th c.]
  3. (reflexive) To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in. [from 17th c.]
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In some places, solid blocks of the stone obtrude from the granite pavement of the front of the memorial or from its curved base.
Other problems arise elsewhere on those occasions when the hand of editor or fingerer obtrude.
But I challenge the ethics of including stealthily edited sequences and extras that obtrude questionable material on unsuspecting viewers.
Very often she gives them very good advice, but she does not obtrude it unseasonably.
He will not obtrude his views on others, but speak his mind freely when occasion calls for it.
Rather, they obtrude persistently into consciousness, perturbing us when we would rather forget them, even disrupting our dreams.

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