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Verb: irrupt  i'rúpt
  1. Enter uninvited
    "She irrupted into our sitting room";
    - intrude
     
  2. Erupt or intensify suddenly
    "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";
    - erupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out
     
  3. Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
    "The island's rodent population irrupted";
    - explode

Sounds like: erup

Derived forms: irrupting, irrupted, irrupts

Type of: come in, deepen, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, increase, intensify, move into