ERUPT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of erupt in English
erupt verb [I]
(VOLCANO )
erupt verb [I]
(START SUDDENLY )
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(Definition of erupt from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of erupt
erupt
They also talked about racism in the area and how some didn't realize the tension until it all erupted with the riots.
The trouble erupted shortly before the gate was scheduled to open at 8 a.m.
The reserve seems an unlikely pawn in the war against the federal government that has erupted in western states in recent years.
Of course, neither battle was the first time violence erupted at such an event.
A new study is shedding light on the explosive mechanism of these volcanoes, which erupt just once before dying.
If you're in a karaoke bar, someone better grab that microphone pronto, before another cross erupts into flames as penance for your pop-music sins.
And when wildfires erupt , the stands treated with fire are likely to burn with less intensity, offering a place for crews to set defensive lines.
It was like a volcano that was erupting, and they opened him up and it was gone.
It shows a plume of plasma erupting from the sun's surface.
As the buildings came down, the city erupted into fire.
They returned to the boat and continued to drink until a heated argument erupted between the two men.
Thousands of tiny mushroom clouds like this one erupt in a beer after the bottle has been hit at the top.
And now the spirit of strife has erupted in spectacular fashion in the two biggest political stories of the present moment.
Combined with the pressure from the noose, this would have caused a geyser of blood to erupt from the wound.
It's impossible to say how or where the violence could erupt , or who would be involved.
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Translations of erupt
in Chinese (Traditional)
火山, （火山）爆發，噴發, 突然發生…
in Chinese (Simplified)
火山, （火山）喷发，爆发, 突然发生…
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entrar en erupción, estallar, enttrar en erupción…
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entrar em erupção, irromper…
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उद्रेक होणे - जेव्हा ज्वालामुखीचा उद्रेक होतो तेव्हा त्याचा स्फोट होतो आणि त्यातून ज्वाळा आणि खडक बाहेर पडतात.…
（火山）が噴火する, 噴火（ふんか）する, 爆発（ばくはつ）する…
lav püskürmek, aniden şiddetle olan/vuku bulan, patlamak…
entrer en éruption, éclater, faire éruption…
ஒரு எரிமலை வெடிக்கும்போது, அது வெடித்து, அதிலிருந்து தீப்பிழம்புகள் மற்றும் பாறைகள் வெளியே வருகின்றன.…
(ज्वालामुखी का) विस्फोट, प्रस्फुटित होना…
извергаться, внезапно прорываться, разражаться…
ఒక అగ్నిపర్వతం విస్ఫోటనం చెందినప్పుడు, అది పేలుతుంది మరియు మంటలు మరియు రాళ్ళు దాని నుండి బయటకు వస్తాయి.…
entrare in eruzione, eruttare, esplodere…
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/ˌdʒaɪ.rəˈskɒp.ɪ.kəl.i/
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