Object

• volcano: To erupt the volcano, pour a portion of the activation solution into the can.

• lava: Did you know that not all volcanoes erupt lava?

• tooth: Partially erupted teeth are more likely to become decayed and infected.

Preposition: on

• street: What erupted on the streets of New York on September 11 was not an attack on America alone.

Preposition: into

• riot: This wasn't unusual: over the previous two years there had been dozens of such incidents which erupted into food riots.

• violence: This was a source of great tension which often erupted into violence.

• war: The Crimean War In 1854, long-standing tensions over Russian expansion in Europe erupted into war.

Modifying Another Word

• periodically: By Nick Pearce, director Renewal - 21 September 2004 The politics of race erupt periodically in Britain.

• violently: A few months ago the problem of Cyprus erupted violently before us.

• suddenly: Pressure was building at the Earth's very core... Volcanoes, millions of years extinct, suddenly erupted into burning, gushing life.

• occasionally: For the rest of her life, pins would occasionally erupt from her skin.

• again: Fighting erupted again in 2000; many thousands fled from their homes to escape it.

• soon: We can't get out and the volcano is going to erupt soon.

Used with why or when

• when: But our ebullient spirits erupted when an opportunity arose to support or oppose a cause which was within our competence to judge.

Preposition: in

• applause: The audience temporarily stunned regain their senses to erupt in mass applause.

• laughter: She erupted in laughter at what he thought was a rather bad joke.

• cheer: The crowd erupted in cheers, then fell silent, a silence broken only by the ominous groaning of the dam.

• flame: Colleen takes the stand and testifies she saw Lizzie dispose of a kerosene bottle moments before the house erupted in flames.

• protest: Last May and June, Bolivia erupted in national protest once again over the gas issue.

• violence: That was the day in 2001 that the Yorkshire city erupted in violence.