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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
air attack, air raid, air strike, blaze, boarding, burst, convulsion, cyclone, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, eruption, escalade, explosion, fire raid, fit, flare-up, foray, gale, gust, hurricane, impingement, imposition, incursion, infiltration, influx, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion, invasion, obtrusion, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, raid, razzia, saturation raid, scaling, seizure, shuttle raid, spasm, storm, tempest, tornado, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry, upheaval, whirlwind
Dictionary Results for irruption:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
irruption
    n 1: a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent
         irruption of bad manners"
    2: a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a
       population
    3: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some
       undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities" [syn:
       outbreak, eruption, irruption]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Irruption \Ir*rup"tion\, n. [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See
   Irrupted.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as,
      irruptions of the sea.
      [1913 Webster]

            Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption
            Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep.
                                                  --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
        [1913 Webster]

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