irrupt
irrupt verb: to break into. Also the misspelling of erupt.
Verb
irrupt (third-person singular simple present irrupts, present participle irrupting, simple past and past participle irrupted)
- To break into.
- To enter forcibly or uninvited.
- 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...2015, Bill Brown, Other Things, Univ of Chicago Press, →ISBN
- To rapidly increase or intensify.
Also used as
irrupt is also the misspelling of erupt.
Forms of irrupt
| third-person singular present | irrupts |
|---|---|
| present participle | irrupting |
| past participle | irrupted |
| past | irrupted |
Origin of irrupt
From Latin irruptus, past participle of irrumpō.
Words formed from irrupt
Words that rhyme with irrupt
Questions about irrupt
- What does irrupt mean?
- Irrupt means to break into.
- What part of speech is irrupt?
- Irrupt is a verb.
- What is the past tense of irrupt?
- The past tense of irrupt is irrupted.
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