irruption
pronunciation
How to pronounce irruption in British English:
UK [ɪ'rʌpʃn]
How to pronounce irruption in American English:
US [ɪ'rʌpʃn]
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- Noun:
- a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
- a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
Word Origin
- irruption (n.)
- 1570s, from Middle French irruption or directly from Latin irruptionem (nominative irruptio) "a breaking in, bursting in, invasion," noun of action from past participle stem of irrumpere, from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + rumpere (see rupture (n.)). Frequently confused with eruption.
Example
- 1. Less , of course , like a bank of daffodils and more like an irruption of dry rot : hidden , silent , pervasive , and a vast drain on national and universal wellbeing .
- 2. But , there was no loud irruption into the court-yard , as he had expected , and he heard the gate clash again , and all was quiet .
- 3. The irruption of spoken questions and demands breaks into my thinking self like a physical blow .