An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
IRRUPTION
irruption
(noun) a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; “the recent irruption of bad manners”
outbreak, eruption, irruption
(noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); “the outbreak of hostilities”
irruption
(noun) a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
irruption (countable and uncountable, plural irruptions)
The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
(ecology) An abrupt increase of an animal population.
(by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.
Anagrams
• prurition
Source: Wiktionary
Ir*rup"tion, n. Etym: [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See Irrupted.]
1. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea. Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. Milton.
2. A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy. Addison.
Syn.
– Invasion; incursion; inroad. See Invasion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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