ERUPT

erupt, belch, extravasate

(verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks; “Vesuvius erupts once in a while”

erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out

(verb) erupt or intensify suddenly; “Unrest erupted in the country”; “Tempers flared at the meeting”; “The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism”

erupt, recrudesce, break out

(verb) become raw or open; “He broke out in hives”; “My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries”; “Such boils tend to recrudesce”

erupt, break out

(verb) start abruptly; “After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc”

erupt

(verb) appear on the skin; “A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant”

erupt, come out, break through, push through

(verb) break out; “The tooth erupted and had to be extracted”

break, burst, erupt

(verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; “break into tears”; “erupt in anger”

erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate

(verb) start to burn or burst into flames; “Marsh gases ignited suddenly”; “The oily rags combusted spontaneously”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

erupt (third-person singular simple present erupts, present participle erupting, simple past and past participle erupted)

(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).

(intransitive) To burst forth; to break out.

(intransitive, figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.

Synonyms

• burst

Anagrams

• 'puter, Puter, Putre, puter, reput, upter

Source: Wiktionary

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E*rupt", v. t. Etym: [See Eruption.]

Definition: To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava. Huxley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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