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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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The driver of the first car, 57-year-old Andra Craig, was ejected from his vehicle and died as a result of the crash.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2025
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The sun ejected what is called a coronal mass of plasma and magnetic field on Friday, according to NOAA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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As stablecoin usage explodes to 30 million monthly active addresses (a 53% increase year-over-year according to Dune Analytics) their real-world utility is becoming impossible to ignore.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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As short-term debt was refinanced at these higher rates, interest expense exploded.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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She’s now been in ICE detention for over a month The researcher was then denied entry to the US and expelled from the country, Baptiste said.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Republican Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson told the Star Tribune that Eichorn’s actions were sufficient to bring a motion to expel Eichorn from the state senate.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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The app spits out benchmarking scores for five things: single-core CPU performance, multi-core CPU performance, 2D graphics performance using GDI, 3D graphics performance using OpenGL, and disk speed (broken into four sub-benchmarks for sequential and random read and write performance).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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While the software does issue a disclaimer before spitting out its design, seemingly to avoid trademark issues, some fair-use hawks are not convinced.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 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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The Jayhawks closed with a 17-8 spurt the rest of the game.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2025
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Barrett followed up that spurt with a costly mistake, though, fouling Wiggins on a three-point attempt.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2025
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Still, the disruption Friday fell short of the one caused by the 2010 eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into the atmosphere and created trans-Atlantic air travel chaos for months.—
Danica Kirka,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Surveillance footage from the area caught parts of the argument that spewed from the St. Louis business into two adjacent vehicles, the complaint said.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
14 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 3 Apr. 2025.
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