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IRRUPTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does irruptive mean?
• IRRUPTIVE (adjective)
The adjective IRRUPTIVE has 1 sense:
1. of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro
Familiarity information: IRRUPTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro
Synonyms:
irruptive; plutonic
Similar:
intrusive (of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock)
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