Examples of “irruption” in a Sentence

noun A sudden, forceful entry into a place, like an invasion.

• The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.

noun A sudden, sharp rise in the number of a particular animal in an area.

• Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.

noun A sudden, sharp rise in the number of people in a movement or organization.

• How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?