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/ɪrˈəpt/ /ˈɪrəpt/ Listen

verb

erupt v. t. To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

erupt v. i.

To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser; as, when Mount Saint Helens erupted, some people were taken by surprise.

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. "When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano."

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Etymology of 'Erupt'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Erupt" Quotes from Famous Books

... Geysers erupt at intervals instead of continuously boiling, because their long, narrow, and often tortuous conduits do not permit a free circulation of the water. After an eruption the tube is refilled and the water again gradually becomes heated. Deep in the tube where it is in contact with hot lavas the ...

— The Elements of Geology • William Harmon Norton

... of demarcation between night and day. Here there are the dense vapors, illuminated perpetually by refracted light from the daylight side and by the internal fires of the planet itself, fires which erupt at regular intervals through many fissures and craters. And it is only under greatest hardship that man can exist even here, what with the noxious gases and the extremes of heat and cold to which his body it subjected. There is no natural source ...

— Vulcan's Workshop • Harl Vincent

... activity. Long-term problems include low investment, uncertain land ownership rights, and the government's ability to manage its budget. Yet short-run economic prospects are good, provided tensions do not again erupt between ...

— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency