Irruptive

3 definitions found

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

  Irruptive \Ir*rup"tive\, a.
     Rushing in or upon.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  irruptive
       adj : of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's
             surface; granite or diorite or gabbro [syn: {eruptive},
              {plutonic}]

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

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "irruptive":
     advancing, assailing, assaulting, attacking, charging, driving,
     entering, in, inbound, incoming, incursionary, incursive,
     inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingressive, inpouring, intrusive,
     invading, invasionary, invasive, inward, inward-bound, thrusting