proruption
proruption noun: the act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
Noun
proruption (plural proruptions)
- The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
- Others ground this disruption upon their continued or protracted time of delivery, presumed to last twenty days; whereat, excluding but one a day, the latter brood, impatient, by a forcible proruption anticipate their period of exclusion;1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
- But the proruption of a fame that shall blaze, not flicker, is at hand.1860 November 10, The Musical World, volume 38, page 717
- A protrusion extending from the main body of a country or state.
- The most important area of revenue production, on the other hand, is Shaba Province (formerly Ka-tanga), itself a proruption in the far southeast.1989, Martin Ira Glassner, Harm J. de Blij, Systematic Political Geography, page 74
- Proruptions were often drawn by colonizers to ensure their access to raw materials or water transport.2017, Kelly Swanson, AP Human Geography 2017-2018
- A transformation into a more politically articulated or differentiated form of government.
- The democratic proruption of a society underlines simply the fact that all the members of a particular society are now partners and participants in the act of governance.2005, Ramashray Roy, Democracy in India: Form and Substance, page 17
- In his discussion of the proruption of a political people, he employs the symbol of mystical body for the realm.2012, James Greenaway, The Differentiation of Authority, page 115
proruption meaning in Tamil
proruption in Tamil
- கொப்பளித்தல்
Examples of proruption in a sentence
- It begins with a proruption in many cases in the form of a roseola of large spots or a sparse maculopapular eruption on the trunk and extremities, never on the face.1917, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, page 383:
- Elsewhere, Afghanistan similarly has a proruption, which was created by the British to prevent Russia from sharing a border with Pakistan, which caused conflicts.2023, Narayan Changder, Political Geography, page 290:
Forms of proruption
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Origin of proruption
From Latin proruptio, from prorumpere, proruptum (“to break forth”), from pro (“forth”) + rumpere (“to break”).
Words that rhyme with proruption
Questions about proruption
- What does proruption mean?
- Proruption means the act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
- What is proruption in Tamil?
- Proruption in Tamil is கொப்பளித்தல். See Proruption meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use proruption in a sentence?
- It begins with a proruption in many cases in the form of a roseola of large spots or a sparse maculopapular eruption on the trunk and extremities, never on the face.
- What part of speech is proruption?
- Proruption is a noun.
- What is the plural of proruption?
- The plural of proruption is proruptions.
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