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Eruption

//ɪˈɹʌpʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano. countable, uncountable

    "a volcanic eruption"

  2. 2
    the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum wordnet
  3. 3
    A sudden release of pressure or tension. countable, uncountable

    "There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle."

  4. 4
    a sudden very loud noise wordnet
  5. 5
    An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation. countable, uncountable

    "Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"?"

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  1. 6
    a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) wordnet
  2. 7
    An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material wordnet
  4. 9
    (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) wordnet
  5. 10
    symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.

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