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Meaning of erupt
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
erupt
v 1: start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former
East Bloc" [syn: {erupt}, {break out}]
2: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country";
"Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a
burst of patriotism" [syn: {erupt}, {irrupt}, {flare up},
{flare}, {break open}, {burst out}]
3: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
{erupt}, {ignite}, {catch fire}, {take fire}, {combust},
{conflagrate}]
4: break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" [syn:
{erupt}, {come out}, {break through}, {push through}]
5: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts
once in a while" [syn: {erupt}, {belch}, {extravasate}]
6: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: {break},
{burst}, {erupt}]
7: appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had
touched the exotic plant"
8: become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks
out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
[syn: {erupt}, {recrudesce}, {break out}]
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