irrupt

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verb

To break into.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

irrupt1

verbirrupt (third-person singular simple present irrupts, present participle irrupting, simple past and past participle irrupted)

present singular third person irrupts · participle present irrupting · participle past irrupted · past irrupted

  1. transitiveTo break into.
  2. 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
  3. intransitiveTo rapidly increase or intensify.

irrupt2

verb
  1. misspellingrareMisspelling of erupt.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbenter uninvited

Similar

verberupt or intensify suddenly

verbincrease rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner

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Origin

  1. Latinirruptus
  2. Englishirrupt

From Latin irruptus, past participle of irrumpō.

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Translations

Bulgarian нахълтвам, нахлувам
  • нахълтвам (nahăltvam)To break into
  • нахлувам (nahluvam)To enter forcibly or uninvited

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with irrupt

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Cite this entry
APA

irrupt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrupt

MLA

“irrupt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrupt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irrupt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrupt.

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