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IRRUPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
Example:
the recent irruption of bad manners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("irruption" is a kind of...):
entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)
Derivation:
irrupt (enter uninvited)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
Example:
the outbreak of hostilities
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("irruption" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irruption"):
epidemic (a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time)
recrudescence (a return of something after a period of abatement)
Derivation:
irrupt (erupt or intensify suddenly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("irruption" is a kind of...):
population growth (increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state)
