Definition of Erupt

Verb

• become raw or open
  "He broke out in hives"
  "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"
  "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
  recrudesce - break out
• appear on the skin
  "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
  
• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
  "break into tears"
  "erupt in anger"
  break burst
• become active and spew forth lava and rocks
  "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
  belch extravasate
• break out
  "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
  - come out - break through - push through
• start to burn or burst into flames
  "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"
  "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
  ignite - catch fire - take fire combust conflagrate
• erupt or intensify suddenly
  "Unrest erupted in the country"
  "Tempers flared at the meeting"
  "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
  irrupt - flare up flare - break open - burst out
• start abruptly
  "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
  - break out

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