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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Irruption \Ir*rup"tion\, n. [L. irruptio: cf F. irruption. See {Irrupted}.] 1. A bursting in a sudden, violent rushing into a place as irruptions of the sea. Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. --Milton. 2. A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as the irruptions of the Goths into Italy. --Addison. Syn: Invasion; incursion; inroad. See {Invasion}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: irruption n : a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in "the recent irruption of bad manners"
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