Akademik

irruption

noun

1. a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in (Freq. 1)

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the recent irruption of bad manners

• Derivationally related forms: ↑irrupt

• Hypernyms: ↑entrance, ↑entering, ↑entry, ↑ingress, ↑incoming

2. a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

• Hypernyms: ↑population growth

3. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

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the outbreak of hostilities

• Syn: ↑outbreak, ↑eruption

• Derivationally related forms: ↑irrupt, ↑erupt (for: ↑eruption)

• Hypernyms: ↑happening, ↑occurrence, ↑occurrent, ↑natural event

• Hyponyms: ↑epidemic, ↑recrudescence

Useful english dictionary. 2012.