About The Word Erupt
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Erupt
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What's The Definition Of Erupt?
[v] become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
[v] erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting" [v] become raw or open; as of skin eruptions; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" [v] start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" [v] appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant" [v] as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" [v] force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [v] become suddenly excited or angry; "She flares up easily" [v] start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" Synonyms | Synonyms for Erupt: belch | break | break open | break out | burst | burst out | catch fire | combust | conflagrate | extravasate | flare | flare | flare up | flare up | ignite | recrudesce | take fire Related Terms | Find terms related to Erupt: appear | arise | bail out | be born | be brought down | be felled | be struck down | be traumatized | become | belch | blow open | blow out | blow up | bob up | boil | break cover | break forth | break out | break through | burst forth | burst out | cast forth | cast up | catch | catch cold | collapse | come | come down with | come forth | come out | come to be | contract | crop up | debouch | decant | detonate | discharge | disembogue | disgorge | effuse | ejaculate | eject | emanate | emerge | emit | eruct | exhaust | exit | expel | explode | extravasate | extrude | fever | find vent | flare up | flash | get | get to be | gleam | go into shock | go off | have origin | hurl | hurl forth | irrupt | issue | issue forth | jet | jump out | leak out | OD | ooze out | originate | outpour | overdose | pop up | pour | pour forth | pour out | protrude | rise | run a temperature | run out | sally | sally forth | send forth | send out | sicken | spew | spew out | spout | spring up | spurt | squirt | start up | surface | take | take birth | take ill | take rise | throw off | throw out | throw up | touch off | vomit | vomit forth See Also | afflict | ail | appear | begin | burst | catch | change state | deepen | dehisce | explode | express emotion | express feelings | intensify | light up | pain | start | trouble | turn Erupt In Webster's Dictionary \E*rupt"\, v. t. [See {Eruption}.]
To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
--Huxley.
\E*rupt"\, v. i. [See {Eruption}.] 1. To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser. 2. To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc. When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano. --H. J. W. Dam. |
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