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Verb irrupt has 3 senses
- intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
--1 is one way to enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
--2 is one way to intensify, deepen
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- explode, irrupt - increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
--3 is one way to increase
Sample sentence:
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