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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" [syn: 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" [syn: 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" [syn: explode, irrupt]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: Latin irruptus, past participle of irrumpere, from in- + rumpere to break — more at reave Date: 1886 1. to rush in forcibly or violently 2. of a natural population to undergo a sudden upsurge in numbers especially when natural ecological balances and checks are disturbed 3. erupt 1c <the crowd irrupted in a fervor of patriotism — Time> • irruption noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (foll. by into) enter forcibly or violently. Derivatives: irruption n. Etymology: L irrumpere irrupt- (as IN-(2), rumpere break)

Moby Thesaurus

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