irrupt
verb /ɪˈrʌpt/
/ɪˈrʌpt/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they irrupt | /ɪˈrʌpt/ /ɪˈrʌpt/ |
| he / she / it irrupts | /ɪˈrʌpts/ /ɪˈrʌpts/ |
| past simple irrupted | /ɪˈrʌptɪd/ /ɪˈrʌptɪd/ |
| past participle irrupted | /ɪˈrʌptɪd/ /ɪˈrʌptɪd/ |
| -ing form irrupting | /ɪˈrʌptɪŋ/ /ɪˈrʌptɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to enter or appear somewhere suddenly and with a lot of force
- Violence once again irrupted into their peaceful lives.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: (earlier (mid 16th cent.) as irruption) from Latin irrupt- ‘broken into’, from the verb irrumpere, from in- ‘into’ + rumpere ‘break’.