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Words related to irruption

Related / Similar Words: outbreak, eruption

Definition:

a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners";

a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities";

a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population;

Hyponyms: epidemic, recrudescence

Derivational Morphology: intrude, irrupt, erupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out

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