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Words related to erupt

Definition:

become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while";

erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism";

become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce";

start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc";

appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant";

as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted";

force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger";

start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously";

Hyponyms: dehisce, blow out, catch, light up

Grouped Verbs: come out, break through, push through, burn, combust

Derivational Morphology: eruption, eructation, extravasation, volcanic eruption, outburst, burst, flare-up, outbreak, irruption, ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation

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