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volcanic

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vol·can·ic  (vl-knk, vôl-)
adj.
1. Of, resembling, or caused by a volcano or volcanoes: a volcanic peak; volcanic islands.
2. Produced by or discharged from a volcano: volcanic ash.
3. Characterized by the presence of volcanoes.
4. Powerfully explosive: a volcanic temper.

vol·cani·cal·ly adv.

volcanic
Adjective
1. of or relating to volcanoes: volcanic ash
2. displaying sudden violence or anger: their boisterous and often volcanic behaviour
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.volcanicvolcanic - relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes; "volcanic steam"; "volcanic islands such as Iceland"; "a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions"
2.volcanicvolcanic - explosively unstable; "a volcanic temper"
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
3.volcanicvolcanic - igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian"
extrusive - of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface
Translations

volcanic [vɔlˈkænɪk] adjvolcánico
volcanic [vɔlˈkænɪk] adjvolcanique
volcanic [vɔlˈkænɪk] adj (rock, eruption) → vulkanisch, Vulkan-
volcanic [vɔlˈkænɪk] adjvulcanico/a


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The sixth volume of the 'Geological Transactions' contains two papers of mine on the Erratic Boulders and Volcanic Phenomena of South America.
There were days when my heart was volcanic As the scoriac rivers that roll -- As the lavas that restlessly roll Their sulphurous currents down Yaanek, In the ultimate climes of the Pole -- That groan as they roll down Mount Yaanek In the realms of the Boreal Pole.
She was chanting in a mournful voice, occasionally interjecting bursts of volcanic wrath at the father, who, Jimmie judged, had sunk down on the floor or in a corner.
 
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