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erupt
[ ih-ruhpt ]
verb (used without object)
- to burst forth:
Molten lava erupted from the top of the volcano.
Synonyms: vent
- (of a volcano, geyser, etc.) to eject matter.
- to break out of a pent-up state, usually in a sudden and violent manner:
Words of anger erupted from her.
- to break out in a skin rash:
Hives erupted all over his face and hands.
- (of teeth) to grow through surrounding hard and soft tissues and become visible in the mouth.
verb (used with object)
- to release violently; burst forth with:
She erupted angry words.
Synonyms: vent
- (of a volcano, geyser, etc.) to eject (matter).
erupt
/ ɪˈrʌpt /
verb
- to eject (steam, water, and volcanic material such as lava and ash) violently or (of volcanic material, etc) to be so ejected
- intr (of a skin blemish) to appear on the skin; break out
- intr (of a tooth) to emerge through the gum and become visible during the normal process of tooth development
- intr to burst forth suddenly and violently, as from restraint
to erupt in anger
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Derived Forms
- eˈruption, noun
- eˈruptible, adjective
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Other Words From
- e·rupti·ble adjective
- pree·rupt verb (used without object)
- ree·rupt verb (used without object)
- une·rupted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of erupt1
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Example Sentences
Rob Marshall lets a sigh of relief erupt so loud it could be heard by giants in the sky.
The shadow is all one, the sky throbs now along with the ocean, and sky and shadow erupt in the crash of their vast conflict.
But when he goes over a line that it is ambiguously drawn, then we erupt with outrage.
The very mention of his part in Spice World causes the Brit to erupt in a violent fit of laughter.
Underneath our feet tectonic plates shift, magma bubbles, water boils, and both regularly erupt.
The financial situation was a seething volcano which might erupt at any minute.
However, Mun's temper was an abstract affair that might erupt at any moment, while a broken leg was distinctly concrete.
For Nau-hau, in sullen volcanic rage, was ripe to erupt at the slightest opportunity.
Adair can't have altered so radically over night; he wasn't forceful enough to erupt so disastrously.
Before dawn Hugo woke feeling like a man in the mouth of a volcano that had commenced to erupt.
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