irruptive

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adjective

Having the quality of irrupting or making irruptions.

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plutonicintrusive
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Meanings

adjectiveirruptive (comparative more irruptive, superlative most irruptive)

comparative more irruptive · superlative most irruptive

  1. Having the quality of irrupting or making irruptions.
nounirruptive (plural irruptives)

plural irruptives

  1. An organism that is suddenly more prevalent in a region, due to irruption.

    Connor advises birders to wait until late in the winter to look for irruptives.

    1988 June 17, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro

Similar
plutonicintrusive
Also see
intrusiveplutonic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

irruptive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irruptive

MLA

“irruptive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irruptive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irruptive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irruptive.

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