Supereruption
//ˌsuːpəɹɨˈɹʌpʃn̩// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Overeruption.
- 2 The massive eruption of a supervolcano.
"Another study performed by Stanley Ambrose, a professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois in 1998, suggests that a bottleneck occurred in human evolution at around 70,000 years ago, coinciding with a volcanic winter following the Toba supereruption."
Example
More examples"Another study performed by Stanley Ambrose, a professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois in 1998, suggests that a bottleneck occurred in human evolution at around 70,000 years ago, coinciding with a volcanic winter following the Toba supereruption."
Etymology
From super- + eruption.
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