irrupt-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: to interrupt, enter uninvited

Examples:
They irrupted into society again in 1871, reasserting their rights.
He irrupted on to the scene.
He irrupted from nowhere, almost like an apparition.
The human species irrupted into my home.

Mappings:
VerbNet: appear-48.1.1
FrameNet: np
PropBank: irrupt.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: to errupt, explode forth

Examples:
They irrupted into cheers.
And they irrupted into another fit of laughter.
He irrupted in new words of grace and truth.
He irrupted in anger.
Eventually he couldn't hold back and the volcano irrupted down her gullet.

Mappings:
VerbNet: nm
FrameNet: np
PropBank: irrupt.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: to grow rapidly

Examples:
However, where deer populations faced lower mortality, they irrupted.
In the absence of predators, the island's rodent population irrupted.
Following the rodents, the wild rabbit population irrupted.
Some game species irrupted in the absence of hunting pressure.
Previously rare spider species irrupted in the absence of birds.

Mappings:
VerbNet: nm
FrameNet: np
PropBank: irrupt.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3