erupt

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erupt Definition

• (v) start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
• (v) erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
• (v) start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
• (v) as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
• (v) become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
• (v) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
• (v) appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
• (v) become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"

erupt Synonyms

• belch
• break
• break open
• break out
• break through
• burst
• burst out
• catch fire
• combust
• come out
• conflagrate
• erupt
• extravasate
• flare
• flare up
• ignite
• irrupt
• push through
• recrudesce
• take fire