Erupt (Verb)
Meaning 1
Start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 3
Become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Meaning 5
Start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously".
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Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
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Meaning 6
Erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
Become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 8
Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger".
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Verbs of feeling.