Irruption
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Irruption is a noun meaning The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
Meaning
The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
More Meanings
- (ecology) An abrupt increase of an animal population.
- (by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.
Example Sentences
The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.
Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.
How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?
[I]t was not till arts and ſciences began to revive after the irruption of the Barbarians into Europe, that any thing of this kind appeared.
Word Forms
- irruptions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inbreak, incursion, ruption, disruption, upbreak, breach.
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