American English pronunciation
How to pronounce erupt
IPA transcription: [ɪ'ɹʌpt]
Pronunciation variants: [ɪ'ɹʌpt]['iɹəpt]
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Verb
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force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
“break into tears”
“erupt in anger”
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start abruptly
“After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc”
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erupt or intensify suddenly
“Unrest erupted in the country”
“Tempers flared at the meeting”
“The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism”
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start to burn or burst into flames
“Marsh gases ignited suddenly”
“The oily rags combusted spontaneously”
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break out
“The tooth erupted and had to be extracted”
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become active and spew forth lava and rocks
“Vesuvius erupts once in a while”
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become raw or open
“He broke out in hives”
“My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries”
“Such boils tend to recrudesce”
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appear on the skin
“A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant”
Usage examples
- The volcano eruption itself was a catastrophe, but the ash is an excellent fertilizer.
- Meanwhile, a dangerous plasma fire erupts unnoticed on "Enterprise"s hull.
- There are two main sub-types of irregular variable: eruptive and pulsating.
- The presence of pyroclastic materials indicates that some Katmai eruptions have been explosive.
- The Toba eruption apparently coincided with the onset of the last glacial period.
- The volcano eruption itself was a catastrophe, but the ash is an excellent fertilizer.
- The volcano eruption had begun.
- They were characterized mainly by a central vent eruption, followed by an explosive eruption.
- The volcano eruption itself was a catastrophe, but the ash is an excellent fertilizer.
- There are likely many other eruptions that are not identified.