prorupt

prorupt
1. verb
To cause something to burst forth
Split into a major part and a minor part joined by a short "corridor"

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.

See Also: proruption

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  • prorupt — pro·rupt …   English syllables

  • prorupt — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Khabarovsk Krai —    An administrative province of the Russian Federation. Part of the Far Eastern Federal District and Economic Region, Khabarovsk is a prorupt province that stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the Amur River in the south. Within… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • Orenburg Oblast —    An administrative region of the Russian Federation. Orenburg Oblast is a prorupt region in southern Russia that narrowly separates the ethnic republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan from Kazakhstan; it is also bordered by Samara and Saratov… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • prorupted — adjective see prorupt …   Useful english dictionary

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