'erupt' definitions:

Definition of 'erupt'

From: WordNet
verb
Start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" [syn: erupt, break out]
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
Break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" [syn: erupt, come out, break through, push through]
verb
Become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while" [syn: erupt, belch, extravasate]
verb
Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: break, burst, erupt]
verb
Appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
verb
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]

Definition of 'erupt'

From: GCIDE
  • erupt \e*rupt"\ ([-e]*r[u^]pt"), v. t. [See eruption.] To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'erupt'

From: GCIDE
  • erupt \e*rupt"\ ([-e]*r[u^]pt"), v. i. [See eruption.]
  • 1. To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser; as, when Mount Saint Helens erupted, some people were taken by surprise. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  • 2. To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc.; as, the third molar erupts late in most people, and in some persons does not occur at all. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  • When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano. --H. J. W. Dam. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'erupt'

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