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
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
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