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Irruptive — Ir*rup tive, a. Rushing in or upon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
irruptive — adjective Date: 1593 irrupting or tending to irrupt < irruptive passions > • irruptively adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
irruptive — irrupt ► VERB ▪ enter forcibly or suddenly. DERIVATIVES irruption noun irruptive adjective. ORIGIN Latin irrumpere break into … English terms dictionary
Irruptive growth — Irruptive growth, sometimes called Malthusian growth, is a growth pattern defined by population explosions and subsequent sharp population crashes, or diebacks. It is an extension of the Malthusian growth model and can occur when populations… … Wikipedia
irruptive — irruptively, adv. /i rup tiv/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by irruption. 2. irrupting or tending to irrupt. 3. Petrol. intrusive. [1585 95; IRRUPT + IVE] * * * … Universalium
irruptive — Relating to or characterized by irruption … Medical dictionary
irruptive — Synonyms and related words: advancing, assailing, assaulting, attacking, charging, driving, entering, in, inbound, incoming, incursionary, incursive, inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingressive, inpouring, intrusive, invading, invasionary,… … Moby Thesaurus
irruptive — ir rup·tive || ɪ rÊŒptɪv adj. tending to burst or break in; intrusive, invasive … English contemporary dictionary
irruptive — ir·rup·tive … English syllables
irruptive — /ɪˈrʌptɪv/ (say i ruptiv) adjective 1. characterised by or relating to irruption. 2. Geology → intrusive (def. 5) …
