Irruption
noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion. countable, uncountable
"The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad."
- 2 a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in wordnet
- 3 An abrupt increase of an animal population. countable, uncountable
"Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia."
- 4 a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) wordnet
- 5 An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization. broadly, countable, uncountable
"How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?"
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- 6 a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population wordnet
Example
More examples"The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad."
Etymology
From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptiō(n).