verb
- Enter uninvited.
- usage: "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
- synonyms: intrude
- Erupt or intensify suddenly.
- usage: "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
- synonyms: erupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out
- Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner.
- usage: "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
- synonyms: explode
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