per-rumpō rūpī, ruptus, ere, to break through, force a way through, get across: per medios hostīs, Cs.: in vestibulum templi, L.: nec per castra perrumpi posse, L.: paludem, Cs.: perrumpitur concretus aer: bipenni Limina, V.: Perrupit Acheronta, H.

—Fig., to break through, break down, overcome: leges: quaestiones: fastidia, H.