'Irruption' definitions:
Definition of 'irruption'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
noun
A sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
noun
Definition of 'Irruption'
From: GCIDE
- Irruption \Ir*rup"tion\, n. [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See Irrupted.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea. [1913 Webster]
- Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy. --Addison.
- Syn: Invasion; incursion; inroad. See Invasion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'irruption'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air attack,
- air raid,
- air strike,
- blaze,
- boarding,
- burst,
- convulsion,
- cyclone,
- encroachment,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- eruption,
- escalade,
- explosion,
- fire raid,
- fit,
- flare-up,
- foray,
- gale,
- gust,
- hurricane,
- impingement,
- imposition,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- influx,
- infringement,
- injection,
- inroad,
- insinuation,
- interference,
- interjection,
- interloping,
- interposition,
- interposure,
- interruption,
- intervention,
- intrusion,
- invasion,
- obtrusion,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- paroxysm,
- raid,
- razzia,
- saturation raid,
- scaling,
- seizure,
- shuttle raid,
- spasm,
- storm,
- tempest,
- tornado,
- trespass,
- trespassing,
- unlawful entry,
- upheaval,
- whirlwind