Irrupt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Irrupt is a verb meaning (transitive) To break into.
Meaning
(transitive) To break into.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To enter forcibly or uninvited.
- (intransitive) To rapidly increase or intensify.
- Misspelling of erupt.
Example Sentences
Above all, though, I look back into a modernity where the animation of the object world, the voice of things, or the indistinction of object and subject does not constitute a general (or generalizable, theorizable) condition but irrupts as a discrete event, the aesthetic effects of which range from the uncanny to the sublime.
Word Forms
- irrupts
- irrupting
- irrupted
Synonyms for irrupt
Depending on context, synonyms include intrude.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intrude, inbreak, erupt, break, break in, rupture.
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