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View synonyms for irruption

irruption

[ih-ruhp-shuhn]

noun

  1. a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.

  2. Ecology.,  a sudden increase in an animal population.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of irruption1

1570–80; < Latin irruptiōn- (stem of irruptiō ), equivalent to irrupt ( us ), past participle of irrumpere to burst into ( ir- 1, rupture ) + -iōn- -ion

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