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irruption|ɪˈrʌpʃən|
[ad. L. irruptiōn-em, n. of action from irrump-ĕre: see irrumpent. Cf. F. irruption (14th c. in Hatz.–Darm.).]
The action of bursting or breaking in; a violent entry, inroad, incursion, or invasion, esp. of a hostile force or tribe. spec. An abrupt local increase in the numbers of a species of animals.
1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 297 In that hurlie burlie and irruption made by the barbarous people. 1601Holland Pliny I. 75 As if Nature made recompence for the irruptions of the seas. 1637R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Pref., The Goths..making irruptions into Gaule. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4375/3 That the whole Body of the Troops..lie in a readiness to oppose any new Irruption of the Enemy. 1803Wellington Let. to Lieut.-Gen. Stuart in Gurw. Desp. (1837) II. 8 Not a word is said of the supposed irruption of Holkar. 1874Helps Soc. Press. ii. 26 You do not seem to perceive the irruption of vulgarity. 1912W. E. Clarke Stud. Bird Migration II. xxi. 112 During the remarkable irruption of Crossbills from the Continent in the summer of 1909, Fair Isle received many of the visitors. 1936A. L. Thomson Bird Migration ii. 42 Apart from all the categories of annual movements, there are movements which occur at irregular intervals in the form of invasions or irruptions... In the spring of certain years the birds have ‘irrupted’ in large numbers. 1968New Scientist 21 Nov. 425/2 The majority of migrants [sc. butterflies] reaching Britain are regularly seen within a few days of an irruption in their home territory.
¶ Confused with eruption.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 814 In the yeare 1581 there issued from another Vulcan..such an irruption of fire. 1691Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 216 Those from Italy say, that mount Vesuvius had lately made a terrible irruption. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet iv. in Aliments, etc. (1736) 418 In the Article of Feverish Irruptions. 1811Ora & Juliet III. 195 The irruption was coming out in a most favourable way. 1883‘Mark Twain’ Life on Mississippi 244 A filament-obliterating irruption of profanity. 1892― Amer. Claimant 62 A volcanic irruption. |