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Eruption   /ˌɪrˈəpʃən/   Listen
Eruption

noun
1.
The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material.  Synonym: volcanic eruption.
2.
Symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible.
3.
(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed).  Synonyms: eructation, extravasation.
4.
A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition).  Synonyms: irruption, outbreak.
5.
A sudden very loud noise.  Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, clap.
6.
The emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum.



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"Eruption" Quotes from Famous Books



... their depending upon the oxidation of the metals of the earths upon an extensive scale, in immense subterranean cavities, to which water or atmospheric air may occasionally have access. The subterranean thunder heard at great distances under Vesuvius, prior to an eruption, indicates the vast extent of these cavities; and the existence of a subterranean communication between the Solfattara and Vesuvius, is established by the fact that whenever the latter is in an active state, the former is comparatively tranquil. In confirmation of these views, ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction--Volume 13 - Index to Vol. 13 • Various
... thin, and unwholesome looking; his red face, covered with an eruption, told of tainted blood; and he had, moreover, a trick of continually scratching his right arm. A wig pushed to the back of his head displayed a brick-colored cranium of ominous conformation. This person rose from a cane-seated armchair, in which he ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac
... 79 Pliny was in command of the fleet at Misenum, when his scientific interest in the eruption of Vesuvius led him to approach too near the volcano, with the result that he was suffocated by the ashes (24th August). For a detailed account of his death, see Plin. Ep. vi. 16 (to Tacitus). Cf. Sueton. vit., 'Periit clade Campaniae. Cum enim Misenensi classi praeesset, et flagrante ...
— The Student's Companion to Latin Authors • George Middleton
... keenly, as soon as the voluntary muscles are relaxed the impression on the brain shows itself with all the vehemence of the feeling,—so when the muscles are consciously relaxed the nervous excitement bursts forth like the eruption of a small volcano, and for a time is a surprise to the man or woman who has been in a constant effort ...
— Power Through Repose • Annie Payson Call
... almost never been given an exhibition. The man who couldn't eat eggs did throw up once, but he couldn't do it a second time. Many people have threatened to break out with hives after strawberries. One woman triumphantly brought me what looked like a nice eruption, but which proved to be the after-results of a hungry flea! After that she ate strawberries,—without the ...
— Outwitting Our Nerves - A Primer of Psychotherapy • Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury


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