volcano - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • erupt: On the distant horizon the erupting volcano was barely visible to us.
  • explode: Despite the scientist trying to control the monsters, they crush Tokyo underfoot, but an exploding volcano finally destroys the creatures.
  • climb: Alternatively, for the more adventurous, Cotopaxi, in the central sierra, is Ecuador's most frequently climbed volcano.
  • locate: Ruapehu, an active andesite volcano located in the center of the North Island of New Zealand.

Converse of subject

  • dominate: Dundee maintains a spectacular position on the Tay Estuary and is dominated by a dormant volcano called " The Law " .

Adjective modifier

  • extinct: El Valle Situated in the crater of an extinct volcano, El Valle is famous for its Sunday Indian craft market.
  • dormant: A dormant volcano has not erupted in 2000 years.
  • undersea: A fishing vessel disappears in calm waters; an undersea volcano?
  • Hawaiian: A burst of polystyrene erupted like a Hawaiian volcano.
  • active: Do you know where the nearest active volcano is?

Preposition: on

  • island: The Spaceship was hidden in the crater of an extinct volcano on a remote island.

Modifies a noun

  • eruption: After experiencing the shock of an earthquake and a volcano eruption they will return to the futuristic Atrium for their reception or dinner.
  • crater: The latter species actually breeds nearby, in a water-filled volcano crater, at a peculiar outpost in its range.

Noun used with modifier

  • drive-in: Kilauea, at the center, is the ' drive-in volcano ' , with everyone flocking to see the latest spectacular eruption.
  • mud: Forty minutes later we arrived at the mud volcano at the core of the reserve.
  • island: As one island volcano becomes extinct, another develops over the hotspot, and the cycle is repeated.

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