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erupt

English

  1. 🔊 become active and spew forth lava and rocks
    “Vesuvius erupts once in a while”
  2. 🔊 erupt or intensify suddenly
    “Unrest erupted in the country”
  3. 🔊 become raw or open
    “He broke out in hives”
  4. 🔊 start abruptly
    “After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc”
  5. 🔊 appear on the skin
    “A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant”
  6. 🔊 break out
    “The tooth erupted and had to be extracted”
  7. 🔊 start to burn or burst into flames
    “Marsh gases ignited suddenly”
  8. 🔊 force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
    “break into tears”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 erupcionar to erupt

Similar words

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