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irruption

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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.

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

ir·ruption n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.irruptionirruption - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
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] Nirrupción f
irruption
nEindringen nt, → Hereinstürzen nt; (of water also)Hereinbrechen nt


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This theory assumes that the Great Lakes were the deep pools of one immense body of fresh water, which lay too low to be drained by the irruption that laid bare the land.
I was even accustomed to make an irruption into some houses, where I was well entertained, and after learning the kernels and very last sieveful of news -- what had subsided, the prospects of war and peace, and whether the world was likely to hold together much longer -- I was let out through the rear avenues, and so escaped to the woods again.
A fault in the scenery, a face in the audience, an irruption of the audience on to the stage, and all our carefully planned gestures mean nothing, or mean too much.
 
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