Hypervolcano
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of supervolcano. uncommon
"2007 August 2, History Doomed To Repeat, at www.unexplained-mysteries.com Yes, there is always the uncertainty of some natural disaster overwhelming the US and precipitating a collapse. The eruption of the hypervolcano under Yellowstone could be such an event, or the collapse of the volcanic cone (forget it's [sic] name) in the Canary Islands sending a tsunami to devastate the east coast. However these are unpredictable and I don't consider such events as repetitions of some unalterable historical cycle of the rising and falling of civilisations."
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More examples"2007 August 2, History Doomed To Repeat, at www.unexplained-mysteries.com Yes, there is always the uncertainty of some natural disaster overwhelming the US and precipitating a collapse. The eruption of the hypervolcano under Yellowstone could be such an event, or the collapse of the volcanic cone (forget it's [sic] name) in the Canary Islands sending a tsunami to devastate the east coast. However these are unpredictable and I don't consider such events as repetitions of some unalterable historical cycle of the rising and falling of civilisations."
Etymology
From hyper- + volcano.
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