Origin: Latin
suffix -tion
Irruption has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
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"
4
The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
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