IRRUPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does irruption mean? 

• IRRUPTION (noun)
  The noun IRRUPTION has 3 senses:

1. a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in

2. a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

3. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

  Familiarity information: IRRUPTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRRUPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden violent entrance; a bursting in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the recent irruption of bad manners

Hypernyms ("irruption" is a kind of...):

entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)

Derivation:

irrupt (enter uninvited)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("irruption" is a kind of...):

population growth (increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

eruption; irruption; outbreak

Context example:

the outbreak of hostilities

Hypernyms ("irruption" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irruption"):

epidemic (a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time)

recrudescence (a return of something after a period of abatement)

Derivation:

irrupt (erupt or intensify suddenly)