prorupt
English edit
Verb edit
prorupt (third-person singular simple present prorupts, present participle prorupting, simple past and past participle prorupted)
- (transitive) To cause something to burst forth.
Adjective edit
prorupt (comparative more prorupt, superlative most prorupt)
- (of a landmass or other shape) Split into a major part and a minor part joined by a short corridor.
- 1999, Milan N. Vego, Naval Strategy and Operations in Narrow Seas:
- When a country - Thailand for example - is nearly compact in shape but also has part of its territory in the form of a corridor leading away from its main body, it is said to have a prorupt shape.
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References edit
- OED 2nd edition 1989