Irrupt

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  • intransitive verb. To break or burst in.
  • intransitive verb. To increase rapidly in number, especially beyond the normal range.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To break or force through: generally used as a participial adjective: as, irrupted barriers.
  • To enter forcibly; rush in: as, the enemy irrupted into the town.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To break into.
  • verb. To enter forcibly or uninvited.
  • verb. To rapidly increase or intensify.
  • verb. Misspelling of erupt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. enter uninvited
  • verb. increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
  • verb. erupt or intensify suddenly
  • Word Usage
    "Can Brown and Darling keep their eye on the ball of a major banking crisis if one were to irrupt at a moment when opinion polls show things to be at nip and tuck stage?"
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    irruptive  
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