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volcanic

[ vol-kan-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a volcano:

    a volcanic eruption.

  2. discharged from or produced by volcanoes:

    volcanic mud.

  3. characterized by the presence of volcanoes:

    a volcanic area.

  4. suggestive of or resembling a volcano; potentially explosive; volatile:

    a volcanic temper.



volcanic

/ ˌvɒlkəˈnɪsɪtɪ; vɒlˈkænɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, produced by, or characterized by the presence of volcanoes

    a volcanic region

  2. suggestive of or resembling an erupting volcano

    a volcanic era

  3. another word for extrusive


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Derived Forms

  • volˈcanically, adverb
  • volcanicity, noun

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Other Words From

  • vol·cani·cal·ly adverb
  • vol·can·ic·i·ty [vol-k, uh, -, nis, -i-tee], noun
  • nonvol·canic adjective
  • semi·vol·canic adjective
  • semi·vol·cani·cal·ly adverb
  • unvol·canic adjective
  • unvol·cani·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of volcanic1

1765–75; volcan(o) + -ic; compare French volcanique

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Example Sentences

And yet his music, to the end, although sometimes almost eerily serene, remained most often volcanic.

This hidden Eden continues to baffle geologists with its oculus of volcanic stone.

But behold, DiCaprio, whose volcanic growth of furze is surely proof that the vogue for beards needs to be trimmed back.

Miles beneath the surface, in the absence of sunlight, animals derive energy from volcanic vents.

The largest of an archipelago of islands, Santorini is the vestige of a single volcanic landmass that erupted around 1600 BC.

The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.

But scorn is far more volcanic than glacial and a poor barrier between sex and judgment.

Formosa, a large island in the Chinese sea, almost wholly inundated by volcanic agency, during a storm.

It was probably at this volcanic ridge that the precipitous road obliged the mules to be sent back.

It is divided throughout its whole extent by a chain of mountains, which in general owe their formation to volcanic eruptions.

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