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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erupt \E*rupt"\, v. i. [See {Eruption}.] 1. To eject something esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser. 2. To burst forth; to break out as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano. --H. J. W. Dam. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erupt \E*rupt"\, v. t. [See {Eruption}.] To cause to burst forth; to eject; as to erupt lava. --Huxley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: erupt v 1: start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" [syn: {break out}] 2: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting" [syn: {flare up}, {flare}, {break open}, {burst out}] 3: start to burn; "The gasoline erupted" [syn: {ignite}, {catch fire}, {take fire}] 4: as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" [syn: {come out}, {break through}, {push through}] 5: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while" [syn: {belch}] 6: become suddenly excited or angry; "She flares up easily" [syn: {flare}, {flare up}] 7: force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: {break}, {burst}] 8: manifest skin eruptions; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries" [syn: {break out}]
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