irrupt, v. rare.
(ɪˈrʌpt)
[f. L. irrupt-, ppl. stem of irrump-ĕre: see prec.]
1. trans. To break into. Hence iˈrrupted ppl. a.
1855 Hyde Clarke Eng. Dict., Irrupted, forced through. 1856 Webster, Irrupted, broken with violence. Hence in later Dicts. |
2. intr. To burst in, break in, enter forcibly, make an irruption.
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 XCVIII. 154 She ‘irrupted’ recklessly into the bedroom. |