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Irruption

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in wordnet
  3. 3
    An abrupt increase of an animal population. countable, uncountable

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

  4. 4
    a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population wordnet

Etymology

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

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