irruption

irruption has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.
• n.. A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy.
• n.. a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
• n.. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
• n.. a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population