IRRUPT


Meaning of IRRUPT in English

/ ɪˈrʌpt; NAmE / verb

[ v + adv. / prep. ] ( formal ) to enter or appear somewhere suddenly and with a lot of force :

Violence once again irrupted into their peaceful lives.

►  ir·rup·tion / ɪˈrʌpʃn; NAmE / noun [ U , C ]

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: (earlier (mid 16th cent.) as irruption ) from Latin irrupt- broken into, from the verb irrumpere , from in- into + rumpere break.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.