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Meaning of irrupt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  irrupt
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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