English

Verb

prorupt ‎(third-person singular simple present prorupts, present participle prorupting, simple past and past participle prorupted)

1. (transitive) To cause something to burst forth

Adjective

prorupt ‎(comparative more prorupt, superlative most prorupt)

1. (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.

Related terms

• proruption

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• purport