Meanings
irrupt1
present singular third person irrupts · participle present irrupting · participle past irrupted · past irrupted
- transitiveTo break into.
- intransitiveTo enter forcibly or uninvited.
1 more example
Above all, though, I look back into a modernity where the animation of the object world, the voice of things, or the indistinction of object and subject does not constitute a general (or generalizable, theorizable) condition but irrupts as a discrete event, the aesthetic effects of which range from the uncanny to the sublime.
2015, Bill Brown, Other Things, Univ of Chicago Press, →ISBN
irrupt2
- misspellingrareMisspelling of erupt.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinirruptus
- Englishirrupt
From Latin irruptus, past participle of irrumpō.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian нахълтвам, нахлувам
- нахълтвам (nahăltvam)To break into
- нахлувам (nahluvam)To enter forcibly or uninvited
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with irrupt
All rhymes →Cite this entry
irrupt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrupt
“irrupt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrupt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irrupt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrupt.
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