irruptv.
/ɪˈrʌpt/, U.S. /ᵻˈrəpt/ rare.
1. transitive. To break into.In later dictionaries.
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1855 H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. Irrupted, forced through.
1856 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Irrupted, broken with violence.
2. intransitive. To burst in, break in, enter forcibly, make an irruption.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > violently
inburstc1540
to break in1552
burst1562
bust1838
irrupt1886
1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 9 We were in the crater of an extinct volcano into which the sea had at some later period irrupted.
1893 Temple Bar 98 154 She ‘irrupted’ recklessly into the bedroom.
Derivatives
iˈrrupted adj.
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1852 W. Hughes Austral. Colonies xvii. 231 The irrupted greenstone yields an excellent soil.
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