erupting

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e·rupt

 (ĭ-rŭpt′)
intr.v. e·rupt·ed, e·rupt·ing, e·rupts
1.
a. To throw or force something out violently, as lava, ash, and gases: The volcano erupted.
b. To be thrown or forced out: Water erupted from the geyser.
2. To develop suddenly: Violence erupted during the protests.
3. To express oneself suddenly and loudly: He erupted in anger.
4.
a. To break through the gums in developing. Used of teeth.
b. To appear on the skin. Used of a rash or blemish.

[Latin ērumpere, ērupt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

e·rup′tive adj.
e·rup′tive·ly adv.
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His garden became a perfect crater, erupting vegetables.
Compound composite odontome erupting into the oral cavity: A rare entity.
LAHORE -- A fire erupting in the Lahore region office of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited on Gurumangat Road gutted furniture and fixtures.
QUETTA: As many as six coal miners felt unconscious due to erupting fire inside the coal mine in Duki area of Loralai district on Thursday.According to Levies sources, the victims were working inside the coal mine when suddenly fire erupted in an engine, and they got stuck there and became unconscious.
While geologists say Yellowstone will likely never erupt again, scientists around the world use Ash3d daily to predict the potential fallout from restless volcanoes--including Bardarbunga, the Icelandic volcano that began erupting in late August.
"Mount Kelud first erupted at 10.50 pm and is still erupting at the moment," said Sutopo Nugoroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency.
Mount Sinabung has been erupting on and off since September, but went into overdrive late Saturday and early Sunday, repeatedly spewing out red-hot ash and rocks up to eight kilometres (five miles) into the air.
The 2,400-metre high volcano was dormant for nearly 100 years before erupting in August and September 2010, forcing about 12,000 people to flee.
Some volcanoes go hundreds of years without erupting. Others, like the ones shown in the graph below, are much more active.
It has been a frequent site of activity since 2008, after erupting in June 2006 for the first time in 58 years.
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