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Recent Examples of irruption 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 This is the largest owl irruption in Minnesota in two decades. Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025 Danger lurks But the irruption is an end of a lifetime for some of the owls. Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025 But the irruption is an end of a lifetime for some of the owls. Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025 This is the largest owl irruption in Minnesota in two decades. Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025 What is an irruption? Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022 An irruption is a sudden change in population density. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023 This irruption of violence dovetailed with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, which began as a social club in Tennessee and then quickly metastasized into a band of white supremacist terrorists. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irruption
Noun
  • Israel had a right to self-defense against that incursion and the atrocities perpetrated against its citizens.
    Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • Israel’s failure to defend its borders during Hamas’ Oct. 7 incursion has been followed by impressive military successes.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Following last week's invasion of the Carrie body snatchers storyline, an opening montage of Carrie click-clacking around her Gramercy Park townhouse in various designer heels resets the stage for a return to peak Carrie form.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 June 2025
  • Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and NATO allies fear Moscow has more ambitions in the former Soviet sphere, especially the Baltic states.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Newsweek has revealed dozens of cases involving green card holders and applicants who were swept up in the ICE raids.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • In one raid, federal agents detained people at a bus stop at Orange Grove Boulevard and Los Robles Avenue on June 18.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025

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“Irruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irruption. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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