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eruption Definition

erup·tion (ē rup′s̸hən, i-)

noun

  1. a bursting forth or out, as of lava from a volcano
  2. a throwing forth of lava, water, steam, etc.
  3. a sudden outburst, as of emotion or social discontent
  4. Med.
    1. a breaking out in a rash
    2. a rash

Etymology: ME erupcioun < L eruptio: see erupt

eruption Synonyms

eruption

n.

burst, outburst, flow; see explosion 1.

eruption Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • predict: This site asks the question: Can we predict volcanic eruptions?
  • accompany: MUD FLOWS ( lahars ) Frequently accompany volcanic eruptions and can be lethal.
  • cause: Let your party guests take turns adding a bit of solution to the can to cause further eruptions.

Converse of subject

  • bury: Many of our passengers went to visit the excavations at these famous towns buried by the eruption of Mount Etna in 79 AD.
  • destroy: Our house was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of 21 September 1997.

Adjective modifier

  • volcanic: Only certain types of volcanic eruption will have an effect upon the climate.
  • eczematous: Genner V and Bonnevie P ( 1938 ) Eczematous eruptions produced by leaves of trees and bushes.
  • Minoan: The explosive activity last culminated with the Minoan eruption at ca.
  • cataclysmic: This cataclysmic eruption may have been triggered by a menacing flyby, perhaps of a planet in a long period orbit around our sun.
  • explosive: A more violent explosive eruption can happen in near future.
  • vesicular: A universal papular and vesicular eruption appeared in a man a few hours after he smoked Indian hemp ( Beliaev 1964 ).

Modifies a noun

column: Observations from an aircraft on October 11 showed that the height of the eruption column had decreased markedly.

Noun used with modifier

  • volcano: This monumental work is the best study ever made of a submarine volcano eruption of the type to which Santorin belongs.
  • fissure: He has also worked recently in southern Iceland on 934 AD Eldgja fissure eruption that produced the largest lava flow in historic times.
  • skin: Stock forced to graze on heavily infested pastures may suffer skin eruptions about the mouth.
  • ash: Part of the volcano is formed by gentle lava flows and part by explosive ash eruptions.
  • tooth: Finally, no evidence was found to suggest any delay in permanent tooth eruption patterns of the F subjects.

Preposition: of

  • volcano: On the 8th of May, 1997 there again occured a short-lived eruption of the volcano.
  • tooth: Late eruption of teeth - proper teeth can appear later than normal.
  • violence: That said, the theme, drawn out as it is, is obscene enough to justify a climatic eruption of violence.