Irruption

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irruption \Ir*rup"tion\, n. [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See
     {Irrupted}.]
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     1. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as,
        irruptions of the sea.
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              Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption
              Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep.
                                                    --Milton.
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     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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  irruption
       n 1: a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent
            irruption of bad manners"
       2: a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a
          population
       3: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some
          undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
          [syn: {outbreak}, {eruption}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "irruption":
     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