irruption — meaning in English
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English meaning
- efflorescence noun The production of flowers.
- irruption noun The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
Senses
irruption is used for these senses in English:
- efflorescence (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.
- irruption The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
efflorescence — full definition
- noun The production of flowers.
- noun Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
- noun The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
- noun An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
irruption — full definition
- noun The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
- noun An abrupt increase of an animal population.
- noun An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.