Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.

    The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.

    Eindringen, Einbruch, Hereinbrechen

  2. (countable, uncountable)An abrupt increase of an animal population.

    Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.

    a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.

    How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
action of irrupting:

Origin

From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptiō(n).

From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptiō(n).

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Forms

plural: irruptions
Singularirruption
Pluralirruptions

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition):outbreakeruption

Word family

1 related words
Relatedirrupt

See also

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