erupt
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō (“to break out (of), to burst out (from)”), from e (“out”) + rumpō (“to break”).
Pronunciation
Verb
erupt (third-person singular simple present erupts, present participle erupting, simple past and past participle erupted)
- (intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
- The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to break out.
- The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
- The crowd erupted in anger.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[1]::
- And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.
- 2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist[2], volume 100, number 1, page 86:
- Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
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Translations
to violently eject
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to spontaneously release pressure or tension
vomit
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Further reading
- “erupt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “erupt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “erupt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.