eruptive

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.

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

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e·ruptive adj.

e·ruptive·ly adv.

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eruptive [ɪˈrʌptɪv]

adj

1. erupting or tending to erupt

2. resembling or of the nature of an eruption

3. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (of rocks) formed from such products as ash and lava resulting from volcanic eruptions

4. (Medicine / Pathology) (of a disease) characterized by skin eruptions

eruptively  adv

eruptivity , eruptiveness n

Thesaurus

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" igneous 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"