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adj. - Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface.

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  • Ereignis is a word for that irruptive dimension, the historical point at which thought can latch onto Being: it is equally implicated in thought, being, and history.
  • The second deconstructive strategy, which Derrida identifies with French philosophy in the 1960s, affirms an absolute break with tradition, seeking to change ground in a...
  • There are no foreseeable human-related threats to wolverines Lynx Lynx are cyclic or irruptive in the Alaskan Arctic, and in areas where snowshoe hares become...
  • Bohemian Waxwing - an irruptive winter resident in the Bitterroot Valley
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