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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb erupt has 8 senses

• erupt(v = verb.change) break out - start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
is one way to begin, start
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• erupt(v = verb.change) break open, burst out, flare, flare up, irrupt - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
is one way to deepen, intensify
Derived form noun eruption₄
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• erupt(v = verb.weather) catch fire, combust, conflagrate, ignite, take fire - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
is one way to change state, turn
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• erupt(v = verb.change) break through, come out, push through - break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
is one way to appear
Derived form noun eruption₆
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• erupt(v = verb.change) belch, extravasate - become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
is one way to burst, explode
Derived forms noun eruption₁, noun eruption₃
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• erupt(v = verb.emotion) break, burst - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
is one way to express emotion, express feelings
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• erupt(v = verb.change) Array - appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
is one way to appear
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• erupt(v = verb.change) break out, recrudesce - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
is one way to ail, pain, trouble
Derived form adjective eruptive₃
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CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

erupt

OD, appear, arise, bail out, be born, be brought down, be felled, be struck down, be traumatized, become, belch, blow open, blow out, blow up, bob up, boil, break cover, break forth, break out, break through, burst forth, burst out, cast forth, cast up, catch, catch cold, collapse, come, come down with, come forth, come out, come to be, contract, crop up, debouch, decant, detonate, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, effuse, ejaculate, eject, emanate, emerge, emit, eruct, exhaust, exit, expel, explode, extravasate, extrude, fever, find vent, flare up, flash, get, get to be, gleam, go into shock, go off, have origin, hurl, hurl forth, irrupt, issue, issue forth, jet, jump out, leak out, ooze out, originate, outpour, overdose, pop up, pour, pour forth, pour out, protrude, rise, run a temperature, run out, sally, sally forth, send forth, send out, sicken, spew, spew out, spout, spring up, spurt, squirt, start up, surface, take, take birth, take ill, take rise, throw off, throw out, throw up, touch off, vomit, vomit forth

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erupt

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.

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