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Eruptive

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e·rupt  (-rpt)
v. e·rupt·ed, e·rupt·ing, e·rupts
v.intr.
1. To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode: My neighbor erupted in anger over the noise.
2. To become violently active: The volcano erupted after years of dormancy.
3. To force out or release something, such as steam, with violence or suddenness.
4.
a. To break through the gums in developing. Used of teeth.
b. To appear on the skin. Used of a rash or blemish.
v.tr.
To force out violently.

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

e·ruptive adj.
e·ruptive·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.eruptive - producing or characterized by eruptions; "an eruptive disease"
2.eruptive - produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents"
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
3.eruptive - actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"
active - (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos"


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At the bottom of the circle, as if enclosed in a jewel case, sparkled for one instant two or three eruptive cones, like enormous dazzling gems.
The 'blood royal' is an extremely thick, depraved fluid; formed principally of raw fish, bad brandy, and European sweetmeats, and is charged with a variety of eruptive humours, which are developed in sundry blotches and pimples upon the august face of
There is no such place in that part now; but it remained there for many years, looking with a baulked countenance at the wilderness patched with unfruitful gardens and pimpled with eruptive summerhouses, that it had meant to run over in no time.
 
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