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erupt
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[ verb ] erupt or intensify suddenly
Synonyms Examples "Unrest erupted in the country" "Tempers flared at the meeting" "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)It has erupted on the national level in the matter of including birth-control information and material in foreign aid to underdeveloped countries . Where it is not actually erupting , it rumbles and smolders in sullen resentment like a volcano , ready to explode at any moment . |
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[ verb ] start to burn or burst into flames
Synonyms Examples "Marsh gases ignited suddenly" "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" Used in print (Glenn Infield, "America's Secret Poison Gas Tragedy"...)Luckily , she was not completely aflame and would go_down before the gasoline could erupt . |
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[ verb ] as of teeth, for example
Synonyms Examples "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" Used in print (Lilian Pompian, "Tooth-Straightening Today"...)If baby teeth are retained too long , the incoming second teeth may be prevented from emerging at the normal time or may have_to erupt in the wrong place . |
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[ verb ] become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes
Synonyms Examples "Vesuvius erupts once in a while" Used in print (Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)One of the wagons erupted a massive pillar of flame . |
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[ verb ] force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
Examples "break into tears" "erupt in anger" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (medicine) become raw or open; as of skin eruptions
Synonyms Examples "He broke out in hives" "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries" "Such boils tend to recrudesce" Related terms |
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