irruption
- noun
- /ɪˈrʌpʃən/
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irrupción
- As Aime Israel-Pelletier explains, "The irruption of the desire to kill is a sign, here, of the emergence of a differentiated self, the formation of an identity in an activity apart from that of the parents or the monk, a secret activity."
Examples
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Scientists noted a surprising irruption of rabbits in the area after the mild winter.
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It is no secret that right-wing groups attacked liberation movements of all kinds after their irruption.
Blog text (7) -
Gradually accumulating more details, the accounts reconstructed a lurid, dramatic, and mysterious irruption of violence.
Academic text (2016) -
"Meaning, he concludes, arises" in the sometimes violent irruptions of other voices into those exchanges. (n82)
Academic text (2003) -
Cultural life has also been checked, cheapened, and corrupted by the massive irruption of pseudocultural products spread by mass communication, which instead of stimulating, subdues imagination, creativity, and the critical attitude.
Academic text (1991) -
The sudden irruption of protesters into the square surprised everyone at the event.
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Residents were alarmed by the irruption of violent crime in their quiet neighborhood.
Synonyms
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3.5
A sudden start of disease or violence that affects many people
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6.0
A sudden increase in violence, anger, or symptoms
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4.3
A sudden violent outburst of feeling or action
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
irruption = irrupt (semi-transparent) = ir + rupt + ion
The noun is formed by suffixation from the verb 'irrupt' (in- assimilated to 'ir-') meaning 'burst in', but 'irrupt' and the root 'rupt' are low-frequency/bound elements so many learners may not immediately recognize the components.
Etymology
Irruption comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and rupt 'to break', the same root you see in erupt and rupture. That's why an irruption can mean a sudden 'breaking out' or outbreak, especially of something bad.