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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Irruption \Ir*rup"tion\, noun [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See {Irrupted}.]
1. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.
Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. --Milton.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
irruption
noun
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
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