Erupt

(verb.) become active and spew forth lava and rocks; 'Vesuvius erupts once in a while'.

(verb.) erupt or intensify suddenly; 'Unrest erupted in the country'; 'Tempers flared at the meeting'; 'The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism'.

(verb.) become raw or open; 'He broke out in hives'; 'My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries'; 'Such boils tend to recrudesce'.

(verb.) start abruptly; 'After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc'.

(verb.) appear on the skin; 'A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant'.

(verb.) break out; 'The tooth erupted and had to be extracted'.

(verb.) start to burn or burst into flames; 'Marsh gases ignited suddenly'; 'The oily rags combusted spontaneously'.

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• The area from under which volcanic matter was actually erupted was 720 miles in one li ne and 400 in another at right angles to it. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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