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irruptive

/ih-ruhp-tiv/US // ɪˈrʌp tɪv //UK // (ɪˈrʌptɪv) //

破坏性的,破坏性,破坏性强的,堕落的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characterized by irruption.
    • : irrupting or tending to irrupt.
    • : Petrology. intrusive.

Examples

  • One was an irruptive craving within him to take some part in the dynamic activities of the surrounding world.

  • They seem to be a necessary evil to be classed with smallpox, chicken-pox, yellow fever and other irruptive diseases.

  • In the meantime, concern and suspense and irruptive wrath had their chief abode in the inner room of Remington and Evans.

  • Fact is, gallant little Wales was swamped by irruptive Ireland.

  • In their absence religion would most probably have failed to be the fiercely irruptive force in life that it has been.