erupt

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erupt /ɪr'ʌpt/ (erupts erupting erupted)
1 [VERB] V
When a volcano erupts, it throws out a lot of hot, melted rock called lava, as well as ash and steam.
The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state...
● eruption [N-VAR] usu with supp
...the volcanic eruption of Tambora in 1815.
2 [VERB] V
If violence or fighting erupts, it suddenly begins or gets worse in an unexpected, violent way. (JOURNALISM)
Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day cease-fire...
= break out
● eruption [N-COUNT]
...this sudden eruption of violence.
3 [VERB] V into/in n
When people in a place suddenly become angry or violent, you can say that they erupt or that the place erupts. (JOURNALISM)
In Los Angeles, the neighborhood known as Watts erupted into riots...
4 [VERB] V into/in n
You say that someone erupts when they suddenly have a change in mood, usually becoming quite noisy.
Then, without warning, she erupts into laughter...
● eruption [N-COUNT]
...an eruption of despair.
5 [VERB] V in/into n, also V
If your skin erupts, sores or spots suddenly appear there.
At the end of the second week, my skin erupted in pimples.
● eruption [N-COUNT] with supp
...eruptions of adolescent acne.

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