What does erupt mean?
Definitions for erupt
ɪˈrʌpterupt
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Princeton's WordNet
erupt, break outverb
start abruptly
"After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst outverb
erupt or intensify suddenly
"Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrateverb
start to burn or burst into flames
"Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
erupt, come out, break through, push throughverb
break out
"The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
erupt, belch, extravasateverb
become active and spew forth lava and rocks
"Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
break, burst, eruptverb
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
"break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
eruptverb
appear on the skin
"A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
erupt, recrudesce, break outverb
become raw or open
"He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
GCIDE
eruptverb
To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser; as, when Mount Saint Helens erupted, some people were taken by surprise.
eruptverb
To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc.; as, the third molar erupts late in most people, and in some persons does not occur at all.
Wiktionary
eruptverb
to violently eject
the volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area
eruptverb
to spontaneously release pressure or tension
the crowd erupted in anger
Wikipedia
erupt
An eruption most commonly relates to volcanoes, see types of volcanic eruptions.
ChatGPT
erupt
Erupt generally refers to suddenly release or explode with force and loudly, or become dramatically apparent or active. This can apply to a variety of contexts such as a volcano releasing lava, a sudden outbreak of a disease, strong emotions breaking out uncontrollably, or a sudden violent event taking place.
Webster Dictionary
Eruptverb
to cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava
Etymology: [See eruption.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Erupt
e-rupt′, v.i. to break out or through, as a volcano.—n. Erup′tion, a breaking or bursting forth: that which bursts forth: a breaking out of spots on the skin.—adjs. Erup′tional; Erupt′ive, breaking forth: attended by or producing eruption: produced by eruption.—n. Erupt′iveness. [L. erumpĕre, eruptum.—e, out, rumpĕre, to break.]
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Anagrams for erupt »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of erupt in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of erupt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of erupt in a Sentence
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley:
In the face of overwhelming video evidence that something had gone terribly wrong, South Carolina did not erupt in riots or violence.
The sunspots are localized stressed magnetic structures on the sun that have the potential to erupt and release energy in the form of solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and when that occurs that radiation makes it's way to Earth and affects a lot of technology.
Yellowstone hasn't had a volcanic eruption for 70,000 years! Geysers erupt all the time.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:
We need to make sure that the North Koreans always understand that any provocation with them will be dealt with and that they stand no chance of defeating us and our allies in South Korea, it's probably the single place on the world -- in the world -- where war could erupt at the snap of our fingers.
The only thing we are waiting on is getting some of the victims in well-enough health to where they can shed some light on what caused the incident to erupt.
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