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irrupt in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. erupt or intensify suddenly
    "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
    erupt  irrupt  flare up  flare  break open  burst out 
  2. increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
    "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
    explode  irrupt 
  3. enter uninvited
    "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
    intrude  irrupt 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


irrupt in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive) To break into.
  2. (verb) (intransitive) To enter forcibly or uninvited.
  3. (verb) (intransitive) To rapidly increase or intensify.
  4. (verb) Misspelling of erupt.
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