irruption

irruption

a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion
Not to be confused with:eruption – sudden, violent outburst; ejection of molten rock or steam from a volcano or geyser

ir·rupt

E0203800 (ĭ-rŭpt′)intr.v. ir·rupt·ed, ir·rupt·ing, ir·rupts 1. To break or burst in: The boys irrupted into the kitchen.2. Ecology To increase rapidly in number, especially beyond the normal range: snowy owls that irrupted southward.

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[Latin irrumpere, irrupt- : in-, in; see in-² + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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ir·rup′tion n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	irruption - a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"incoming, ingress, entering, entrance, entry - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
	2.	irruption - a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a populationpopulation growth - increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state
	3.	irruption - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"outbreak, eruptionhappening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happensepidemic - a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same timerecrudescence - a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"

Translations

irruptionirruzioneinvasione