Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
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Eruption
//ɪˈɹʌpʃən//
Synonyms for "eruption" (86 found)
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Related words (43)
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6 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναχοή noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Armenian
2 entries- ժայթքում noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- ժայթքում noun (sudden release of pressure or tension)
Asturian
2 entries- erupción noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupción noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- püskürmə noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Belarusian
1 entries- вывяржэ́нне noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Bikol Central
1 entries- pagtuga noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изблик noun (sudden release of pressure or tension)
- изригване noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- обрив noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Catalan
2 entries- erupció noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupció noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 噴出 /喷出 noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- 噴發 /喷发 noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- 爆發 /爆发 noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Dutch
3 entries- huiduitslag noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
- uitbarsting noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- uitbarsting noun (sudden release of pressure or tension)
Esperanto
1 entries- erupcio noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Faroese
1 entries- gos noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Finnish
3 entries- purkaus noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- purkaus noun (sudden release of pressure or tension)
- tulehdus noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
French
1 entries- éruption noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Galician
2 entries- erupción noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupción noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Georgian
1 entries- ამოფრქვევა noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
German
4 entries- Ausbruch noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- Ausbruch noun (sudden release of pressure or tension)
- Eruption noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- Vulkanausbruch noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Greek
1 entries- έκρηξη noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Hindi
1 entries- भभका noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Hungarian
1 entries- kitörés noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Icelandic
1 entries- gos noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Indonesian
2 entries- erupsi noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupsi noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Irish
1 entries- brúchtadh noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Italian
1 entries- eruzione noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Japanese
2 entries- 噴出 noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- 噴火 noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Kapampangan
1 entries- akbung noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Korean
2 entries- 분출 noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- 분화 noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Latin
1 entries- eruptio noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Malay
1 entries- letusan noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Māori
1 entries- hūnga noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Occitan
2 entries- erupcion noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupcion noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Persian
1 entries- فوران noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Polish
2 entries- erupcja noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupcja noun (sudden release of pressure or tension)
Portuguese
1 entries- erupção noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Romanian
3 entries- erupere noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupție noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- erupție noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Russian
3 entries- взрыв noun (sudden release of pressure or tension)
- изверже́ние noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- сыпь noun (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- maoim noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- erupcija noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- ерупција noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Spanish
1 entries- erupción noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Swedish
3 entries- eruption noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- utbrott noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- vulkanutbrott noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Tetum
1 entries- erupsaun noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Tongan
1 entries- laku noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Turkish
1 entries- patlama noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ви́бух noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
- ви́верження noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Welsh
1 entries- echdoriad noun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The volcanic eruption threatened the village.
Source: tatoeba (23845)
I have a skin eruption.
Source: tatoeba (282692)
The 2010 eruption of a volcano in Iceland caused many problems for European travelers.
Source: tatoeba (682343)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.