Definition: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
Usage: The population of India is exploding; The island's rodent population irrupted
Similar words: increase
Definition: become bigger or greater in amount
Usage: The amount of work increased
Synonyms: break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt
Definition: erupt or intensify suddenly
Usage: Unrest erupted in the country; Tempers flared at the meeting; The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
Similar words: deepen, intensify
Definition: become more intense
Usage: The debate intensified; His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
Definition: enter uninvited
Usage: They intruded on our dinner party; She irrupted into our sitting room
Similar words: move into, get in, get into, go in, go into, enter, come in
Definition: to come or go into
Usage: the boat entered an area of shallow marshes