irruption (redirected from Irruptive growth)

ir·rupt  (-rpt)

intr.v. ir·rupt·ed, ir·rupt·ing, ir·rupts

1. To break or burst in.

2. Ecology To increase rapidly and irregularly in number: In the absence of predators, the island's rodent population irrupted.

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[Latin irrumpere, irrupt- : in-, in; see in-² + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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ir·ruption n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	irruption - a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners" incoming, ingress, entering, entrance, entry - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
	2.	irruption - a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population population growth - increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state
	3.	irruption - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities" outbreak, eruption happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens 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; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"

Translations

irruption [ɪˈrʌpʃən] N → irrupción f

irruption

n → Eindringen nt, → Hereinstürzen nt; (of water also) → Hereinbrechen nt