1
as in to eject
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano erupted clouds of poisonous gas and tons of hot ash
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as in to explode
to develop suddenly and violently
a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room
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Recent Examples of erupt
His wife, the complaint reads, was home at the time of the attack and heard the gunfire erupt.
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Tree pollen tends to erupt in the spring, grass pollen explodes in the summer, and ragweed spikes in the fall.
—Julia Ries, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
Social media also erupted in the aftermath of the reports of the communications held by Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz and Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, among others.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
What to watch: Congress erupted at news of the leak, with Democrats calling for investigations and potential consequences for the national security officials involved in the incident.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Tree pollen tends to erupt in the spring, grass pollen explodes in the summer, and ragweed spikes in the fall.
—Julia Ries, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
Social media also erupted in the aftermath of the reports of the communications held by Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz and Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, among others.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
What to watch: Congress erupted at news of the leak, with Democrats calling for investigations and potential consequences for the national security officials involved in the incident.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupt
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Reid, DiVincenzo, Holland, Isaiah Stewart, Marcus Sasser, Bickerstaff, 46, and Prigioni, 47, were all ejected from the game, NBA.com reported.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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After a month-long pause, during which the Kremlin’s priority was to eject a strong Ukrainian force from western Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Russians are on the attack again outside Pokrovsk, a fortress city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The chamber exploded in applause as Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer announced that Booker had broken the record.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Apr. 2025
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Indian viewers took note of the discrepancy, and social media exploded with disgruntled fans voicing their displeasure.—
Viren Naidu,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
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His family are from Bhutan, a tiny Buddhist kingdom on the eastern edge of the Himalayas, from where they were expelled in the 1990s because of a conflict over ethnicity and politics, sparked by resurgent Bhutanese nationalists.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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But two days after Trump retook the White House this year on promises of tightening America’s borders and expelling violent criminals, Parris found himself at a red light in his Arizona neighborhood, surrounded by unmarked SUVs.—
Celina Tebor,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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Instead, the meats are cooked on spits off-site and loaded onto the truck.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2025
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The direct-to-consumer business model is fairly straightforward: A consumer orders a genetic test kit online, spits into a tube that comes in the mail, returns it to the company and accesses their results in an online portal.—
Kayte Spector-Bagdady,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
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Researchers are still trying to investigate why exactly the rig shark emits these sounds.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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These very bright devices can emit upwards of 10,000 lux, designed to mimic a sunny day and help with symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD).—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
24 Mar. 2025
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Live video feeds showed magma spurting from the ground during the volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúk crater series.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The pressure of the moment led Ferrell to spurt out total gibberish in his telling — and his flub was so bad that SNL boss Lorne Michaels paid him a visit backstage.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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These billionaires cannot help themselves in spewing their contempt for the rest of us.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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Brooke is a narcissist just like her dad … going out ... spewing lies to everyone and I’m supposed to defend my truth against that.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Mutual funds often disgorge unwanted capital gain dividends on holders, while ETFs rarely do.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Night skiing was featured to enable locals to ski after work, and on most afternoons in winter, yellow buses disgorged scores of local students, who took over the mountain.—
David Goodman,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Erupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupt. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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