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I'm looking for a word that means 'enter a room fast and suddenly'. Using a dictionary I got the word 'to plunge' - however I'm not sure if that's correct.

When looking up 'to plunge' (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plunge) it seems not to be completely correct, especially when looking at the example sentences.

So, is 'to plunge' also used with the meaning of 'entering a room fast and suddenly'? If not, what is such a word?

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Burst

Definition #2 from Collins English Dictionary:

(intr) to come, go, etc., suddenly and forcibly. He burst into the room.

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Barge

Definition #2 (verb) from Merriam-Webster Dicitonary:

(intr) to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously. She barged through the door without even knocking

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Consider also storm, from the Free Dictionary:

To move or rush tumultuously, violently, or angrily: stormed into the room.

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While I was making it up as a joke, @Callithumpian has encouraged me to offer "Kramering" as a real answer. Here is a definition from the Urban Dictionary, and here is a visual explanation of the origin of the term.

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Rush from the Free Dictionary:

  1. To make a sudden or swift attack or charge.

Example: “He rushed into the room to break the bad news.”

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She exploded into the room and hurled the knife at him.

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Suddenly and fast, as in an invasion:

They crashed into the room and made the arrest.

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irrupt

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