Irruption
[ɪ'rʌpʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; 'the recent irruption of bad manners'.
(noun.) a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population.
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Definition
(n.) A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.
(n.) A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bursting in, breaking in.[2]. Incursion, inroad, forray, raid, partial invasion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Incursion, invasion, inundation, inburst
ANT:Eruption, excursion, sally, retreat, outburst
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Definition
n. a breaking or bursting in: a sudden invasion or incursion.—adjs. Irrup′ted broken through with violence; Irrup′tive rushing suddenly in or upon.—adv. Irrup′tively.
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Examples
- But, there was no loud irruption into the courtyard, as he had expected, and he heard the gate clash again, and all was quiet. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It was the irruption into the mind of the things as they really were, free from the veil cast over them by preconceived ideas. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The irruption of the Ephthalites is memorable not so much because of its permanent effects as because of the atrocities perpetrated by the invaders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How serene was solitude, when I feared not the irruption of violence and vice! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Twice more in the darkness the bell at the great gate sounded, and the irruption was repeated, and the grindstone whirled and spluttered. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Came a great irruption of new social, religious, and political ideas into the general European mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the next three sections we will consider the origin and quality of these irruptions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first serious irruptions of the German tribes into the Roman Empire began in the third century with the decay of the central power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already given an account in the previous chapter of the chief irruptions of the barbarian races. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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