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irruption

noun

i-ˈrəp-shən

Definition of irruption

as in incursion

a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory the irruptions of the Goths into Italy in the fifth century

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Recent Examples of irruption Central to this tumultuous state of aﬀairs was the irruption of graﬃti that took the city by surprise starting sometime in the late 1960s as new products like spray-paint and permanent markers were made easily available. — Antonio Sergio Bessa, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025 Orwell narrowed it down to the Edwardian era — 1901 to 1919 — long before the irruptions of two world wars and the Great Depression. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 Danger lurks But the irruption is an end of a lifetime for some of the owls. — Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025

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The incursions forced Chișinău International Airport to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures Tuesday, sending incoming flights into holding patterns or diverting them to neighboring countries, according to tracking data.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Zelenskyy’s arrival on Wednesday night in Calgary, Alberta, came the day after his flight from Moldova to Norway was delayed when authorities closed Moldova’s airspace because of a drone incursion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of incursion

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In Kyiv, Kushner spoke about the war in tidily transactional language, acknowledging little of the bloodshed and destruction that Putin’s invasion has wrought.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
And an unconquered Ukraine will, by fighting or by remembering the horrors of Russia’s invasion, pose an enduring strategic challenge for Russia.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of invasion

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Last year, immigration raids and tariffs hung over the celebration causing the event and mas bands to make adjustments.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Rafael Lopez, a Downey resident who has lived next door to the Kim family for years, said the FBI raid last summer caught neighbors by surprise when they were jolted awake by megaphones.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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