irruption
noun
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noun
Etymology: From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptiō(n).
- The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
“The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.”
“[I]t was not till arts and ſciences began to revive after the irruption of the Barbarians into Europe, that any thing of this kind appeared.”
- An abrupt increase of an animal population.
“Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.”
- An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.
“How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?”