The volcano may erupt at any moment.
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Erupt
//ɪˈɹʌpt//
Synonyms for "erupt" (142 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesmanner of
6 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ثَار verb (to violently eject)
Armenian
1 entries- ժայթքել verb (to violently eject)
Belarusian
2 entries- вывяргацца verb (to violently eject)
- вывяргаць verb (to violently eject)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изригвам verb (to violently eject)
- повръщам verb (vomit)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- تەقینەوە verb (to violently eject)
- تەقینەوە verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 噴出 /喷出 verb (to violently eject)
- 噴發 /喷发 verb (to violently eject)
- 爆發 /爆发 verb (to violently eject)
Czech
1 entries- vybuchnout verb (to violently eject)
Dutch
2 entries- erupteren verb (to violently eject)
- uitbarsten verb (to violently eject)
Finnish
4 entries- leimahtaa verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
- oksentaa verb (vomit)
- purkautua verb (to violently eject)
- räjähtää verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
French
1 entries- entrer en éruption verb (to violently eject)
Galician
2 entries- entrar en erupción verb (to violently eject)
- erupcionar verb (to violently eject)
German
1 entries- ausbrechen verb (to violently eject)
Greek
1 entries- εκραγώ verb (to violently eject)
Hungarian
3 entries- kitör verb (to violently eject)
- kitör verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
- okád verb (vomit)
Indonesian
1 entries- meletus verb (to violently eject)
Italian
4 entries- eruttare verb (to violently eject)
- scoppiare verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
- sfociare verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
- spuntare verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
Japanese
1 entries- 噴出する verb (to violently eject)
Latin
1 entries- efferveō verb (to violently eject)
Māori
3 entries- hū verb (to violently eject)
- puha verb (to violently eject)
- pupuha verb (to violently eject)
Ngazidja Comorian
2 entries- ufuha verb (to violently eject)
- usiha verb (to violently eject)
Portuguese
2 entries- entrar em erupção verb (to violently eject)
- erupcionar verb (to violently eject)
Russian
2 entries- изверга́ть verb (to violently eject)
- изверга́ться verb (to violently eject)
Samoan
1 entries- sasao verb (to violently eject)
Spanish
4 entries- entrar en erupción verb (to violently eject)
- erupcionar verb (to violently eject)
- estallar verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
- explotar verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
Swedish
1 entries- få ett utbrott (vulcano) verb (to violently eject)
Thai
1 entries- ปะทุ verb (to violently eject)
Turkish
2 entries- indifa etmek verb (to violently eject)
- püskürmek verb (to violently eject)
Ukrainian
2 entries- виверга́ти verb (to violently eject)
- виверга́тися verb (to violently eject)
Welsh
2 entries- echdorri verb (to violently eject)
- torri verb (to spontaneously release pressure or tension)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Tom looked like a volcano about to erupt.
Source: tatoeba (4493381)
Mary looked like a volcano about to erupt.
Source: tatoeba (4493382)
Extinct volcanoes will likely never erupt again.
Source: tatoeba (5322422)
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