irruption
11irruption — /i rup sheuhn/, n. 1. a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion. 2. Ecol. a sudden increase in an animal population. [1570 80; < L irruption (s. of irruptio), equiv. to irrupt(us), ptp. of irrumpere to burst into (see IR 1,… …
12irruption — See eruption. See eruption, irruption …
13irruption — noun (C) formal a sudden rush of people into a place: an irruption of the audience onto the stage …
14irruption — irrupt ► VERB ▪ enter forcibly or suddenly. DERIVATIVES irruption noun irruptive adjective. ORIGIN Latin irrumpere break into …
15irruption — noun 1. a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in (Freq. 1) the recent irruption of bad manners • Derivationally related forms: ↑irrupt • Hypernyms: ↑entrance, ↑entering, ↑entry, ↑ing …
16irruption — noun see irrupt …
17Irruption — Entrée Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …
18irruption — noun a) The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion. b) An abrupt increase of numbers of a particular animal …
19irruption — Act or process of breaking through to a surface. [L. irruptio, fr. irrumpo, to break in] …
20irruption — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
