| NOUN | act | irruption | a sudden violent entrance |
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| process | irruption | a sudden sharp increase / increase in the relative numbers of a population | |
| event | irruption, outbreak, eruption | a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) |
| Meaning | A sudden violent entrance; a bursting in. | |
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| Example | "the recent irruption of bad manners" | |
| Broader | entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming | The act of entering |
| Spanish | irrupción | |
| Catalan | irrupció | |
| Verbs | irrupt | enter uninvited |
| Meaning | A sudden sharp increase / increase in the relative numbers of a population. | |
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| Broader | population growth | increase / increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state |
| Meaning | A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition). | |
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| Synonyms | outbreak, eruption | |
| Narrower | epidemic | A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease |
| recrudescence | A return of something after a period of abatement | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | brote, comienzo, desencadenamiento, erupción, estallido, irrupción | |
| Catalan | brot, erupció, esclat | |
| Verbs | irrupt | erupt or intensify suddenly |
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