Home
English Dictionary
examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'
Dictionary
Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...
Erupt
/ɪrˈəpt/
/ˈɪrəpt/
Listen
Erupt
verb
1.
Start abruptly.
Synonym:
break out
.
2.
Erupt or intensify suddenly.
Synonyms:
break open
,
burst out
,
flare
,
flare up
,
irrupt
.
"Tempers flared at the meeting" , "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
3.
Start to burn or burst into flames.
Synonyms:
catch fire
,
combust
,
conflagrate
,
ignite
,
take fire
.
"The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
4.
Break out.
Synonyms:
break through
,
come out
,
push through
.
5.
Become active and spew forth lava and rocks.
Synonyms:
belch
,
extravasate
.
6.
Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up.
Synonyms:
break
,
burst
.
"Erupt in anger"
7.
Appear on the skin.
8.
Become raw or open.
Synonyms:
break out
,
recrudesce
.
"My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries" , "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
See images of 'Erupt'
Etymology of 'Erupt'
Related searches:
eruption
eruptive
WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University
Advanced search
Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern
Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to
only single words
Share
|
"Erupt" Quotes from Famous Books
...
I can make Fenwick understand, I'm sure. It may take a little time, and he may
erupt
a bit, but
...
— The Great Gray Plague • Raymond F. Jones
Words linked to "Erupt" :
light up
,
explode
,
turn
,
pain
,
catch
,
change state
,
trouble
,
express feelings
,
begin
,
dehisce
,
blow out
,
ail
,
start
,
intensify
,
burn
,
deepen
,
express emotion
,
appear
Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com
...
