irrupt

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  1. intransitive verb To break or burst in.
  2. intransitive verb Ecology To increase rapidly and irregularly in number: In the absence of predators, the island's rodent population irrupted.

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  1. Latin irrumpere, irrupt- : in-, in; see in-2 + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin irrumpere (past participle irruptus), break in: see irruption.
 

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