Noun
- 1. irruption, entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
- usage: a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
- 2. irruption, population growth
- usage: a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
- 3. outbreak, eruption, irruption, happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
- usage: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
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