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irrupt

verb

1 irrupt

Enter uninvited:
— She irrupted into our sitting room.

synonym: intrude.

2 irrupt

Erupt or intensify suddenly:
— The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism.

synonyms: break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up.

Dutch: losbarsten, losbreken, uitbreken

3 irrupt

Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner:
— The island's rodent population irrupted.

synonym: explode.

Dutch: snel toenemen, exploderen


Moby thesaurus: admit, advance upon, arise, barge in, be admitted, be born, become, belch, bob up, break bounds, break forth, break in, break in upon, break out, breeze in, burst forth, burst in, bust in, butt in, charge in ... show more.

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