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   irrefutable
         adj 1: impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof
                  of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an
                  irrefutable argument" [syn: {incontrovertible},
                  {irrefutable}, {positive}]

English Dictionary: irruptive by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irrupt
v
  1. enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
    Synonym(s): intrude, irrupt
  2. erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
    Synonym(s): erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out
  3. increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
    Synonym(s): explode, irrupt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irruption
n
  1. a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
  2. a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
  3. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"
    Synonym(s): outbreak, eruption, irruption
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irruptive
adj
  1. of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro
    Synonym(s): irruptive, plutonic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrebuttable \Ir`re*but"ta*ble\, a.
      Incapable of being rebutted. --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrefutable \Ir`re*fut"a*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. irrefutabilis:
      cf. F. irr[82]futable. See {Refute}.]
      Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable. --
      {Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir`re*fut"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrefutable \Ir`re*fut"a*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. irrefutabilis:
      cf. F. irr[82]futable. See {Refute}.]
      Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable. --
      {Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir`re*fut"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrefutable \Ir`re*fut"a*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. irrefutabilis:
      cf. F. irr[82]futable. See {Refute}.]
      Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable. --
      {Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir`re*fut"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irreptitious \Ir`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. irrepere, irreptum, to
      creep in; pref. ir- in + repere to creep.]
      Surreptitious; spurious. [Obs.] --Dr. Castell (1673).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irreputable \Ir*rep"u*ta*ble\, a.
      Disreputable. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irrupted \Ir*rupt"ed\, a. [L. irruptus, p. p. of irrumpere to
      break in; pref. ir- in + rumpere to break or burst. See
      {Rupture}.]
      Broken with violence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irruption \Ir*rup"tion\, n. [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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irruptive \Ir*rup"tive\, a.
      Rushing in or upon.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   irrefutable
  
      The opposite of {refutable}.
  
  
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