irrupted


ir·rupt

E0203800 (ĭ-rŭpt′)intr.v. ir·rupt·ed, ir·rupt·ing, ir·rupts 1. To break or burst in: The boys irrupted into the kitchen.2. Ecology To increase rapidly in number, especially beyond the normal range: snowy owls that irrupted southward.
[Latin irrumpere, irrupt- : in-, in; see in-2 + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]
ir·rup′tion n.