irruption

irruption is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.
2. noun. A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy.
3. noun. a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in

   "the recent irruption of bad manners"

4. noun. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

   "the outbreak of hostilities"

   Synonyms: eruption, outbreak

5. noun. a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

Synonyms

eruption, outbreak

Common word forms

irruptions

Words from these letters

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