| Definition of 'irruption' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) irruption
a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
"the recent irruption of bad manners"
2. (noun) irruption
a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
3. (noun) outbreak, eruption, irruption
a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
"the outbreak of hostilities"
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| Definition of 'irruption' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) irruption
a bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea
2. (noun) irruption
a sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy
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