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Definition of Erupt

1. Verb. Start abruptly. "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"

2. Verb. Erupt or intensify suddenly. "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

3. Verb. Start to burn or burst into flames. "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

4. Verb. Break out. "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"

5. Verb. Become active and spew forth lava and rocks. "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"

6. Verb. Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up. "Erupt in anger"

7. Verb. Appear on the skin. "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"

8. Verb. Become raw or open. "Such boils tend to recrudesce"

Definition of Erupt

1. v. t. To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

2. v. i. To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser.

Definition of Erupt

1. Verb. to violently eject ¹

2. Verb. (figuratively) to spontaneously release pressure or tension ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erupt

1. to burst forth [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Erupt

1. When a new tooth comes in, the tooth is said to erupt when the tooth breaks through the surface of your gums, so you can see the tooth in your mouth. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erupt

eructations eructed eructing eructs erudit erudite eruditely eruditeness erudites erudition

eruditions eruginous erugo erugos erumpent erupt (current term) erupted eruptible erupting eruption

eruption column eruption columns eruption cyst eruptional eruptions eruptive eruptive fever eruptive phase eruptive stage eruptive xanthoma

Literary usage of Erupt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1867)
"ASSIED, FRS On a Salsc or Mud Volcano on the flanks of Ulna, commencing to erupt in the month of January last. By Prof. ANSTED, FUS An Attempt to ..."

2. Travel Letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa by Edgar Watson Howe (1913)
"A mountain near Vesuvius is now higher than Vesuvius itself, but the wicked old pile will grow, and no doubt will erupt at some time in the future, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Medica by Douglas Chalmers Watson (1900)
"... in this situation the tuberculous material has only to erupt through the cortex of the bone in order to infect the synovial membrane or the entire joint ..."

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