Thesaurus results for IRRUPTION

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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Noun

Scores of drones have crossed into Romanian airspace over the past two years, with officials attributing many of the incursions to Russia.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Lithuanian authorities urged residents in two northern counties along the Latvian border to take cover early Sunday because of a possible drone incursion, public broadcaster LRT reported.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of incursion

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Oleshky, like a large portion of the Kherson region, has been occupied by Russian forces since the early weeks of the invasion.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
The classmate, Joleene Altum, sued Griffin for emotional distress and invasion of privacy, and Griffin countersued for defamation in a bitter, ongoing legal battle.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of invasion

Noun

Five dolphins died in less than eight months, sparking public outrage, raids by law enforcement and a criminal investigation.

— Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
This housing raid would put roughly 150,000 homes under the government’s control — about seven percent of Berlin’s housing supply — in what would no doubt be a doomed effort to curb rising rents.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

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