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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Chisholm was ejected from the Yankees’ Thursday win over the Rays for emphatically arguing balls and strikes after home plate umpire John Bacon struck him out on a low, outside, 3-2 pitch in the seventh inning.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Trae Young scored 28 points in defeat, but was ejected after receiving two technical fouls towards the end of the game.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the decades following the Clifford Ball, the popularity of music festivals exploded, a trend that Phish inadvertently helped engineer.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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One thing is clear: Nationwide injunctions against Trump’s policies by federal district court judges have exploded during his time in the White House, while those against the policies of Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden also increased, but to a much lesser extent.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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According to them, that means you— the person reading this article—could be expelled from the United States without meaningful recourse.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The resurfacing of these remarks comes after the Trump administration has expelled the country’s ambassador and halted aid to South Africa, The Associated Press reported.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
15 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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It’s funded by businesses buying permits to emit greenhouse gases and is horrendously complex.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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The great benefit of hydrogen is that it can be used to generate electricity and heat without emitting carbon dioxide.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2025
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Blood spurts everywhere as Drummond falls down dead and the elevator opens on the testing floor.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
21 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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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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The barges form a pier onto which ships that line up alongside the barges could disgorge vehicles.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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After aging is deemed complete, the cellar team disgorges the wines by hand without freezing the neck.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Erupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupt. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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