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as in to eject
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano erupted clouds of poisonous gas and tons of hot ash
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as in to explode
to develop suddenly and violently
a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room
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Recent Examples of erupt
Shouting matches erupted within minutes between residents and council members, according to local news reports.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
26 June 2026
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, erupted, but the celebration was shortlived.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
The Eaton fire, which erupted on the same day as the Palisades fire, killed 19 people, burned through more than 14,000 acres and damaged or destroyed over 10,000 homes and businesses in the San Gabriel Valley.
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Sierra Van Der Brug,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
One after another, groups of people erupted into conversation, each learning from the group next to them.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
26 June 2026
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
26 June 2026
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, erupted, but the celebration was shortlived.
—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
The Eaton fire, which erupted on the same day as the Palisades fire, killed 19 people, burned through more than 14,000 acres and damaged or destroyed over 10,000 homes and businesses in the San Gabriel Valley.
—
Sierra Van Der Brug,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
One after another, groups of people erupted into conversation, each learning from the group next to them.
—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
26 June 2026
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Firefighters said one of the victims was ejected from one of the vehicles.
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Six months earlier, observers believed the space plane had ejected six objects at once, but those were later determined to be debris left over from launch.
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Online sales boomed and Nekhala said his business exploded.
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Software engineers have arguably been the first class of workers to see the technology upend their jobs, as programming tools like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex have exploded in popularity.
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Staff estimate that more than half have had contact with the Department of Child Services, and most have been expelled from traditional schools.
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Iran’s ambassador to Australia and another three Iranian diplomats were expelled.
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Over a Nineties hip-hop beat, East Coast to be exact, Czarface’s Inspectah Deck and Esoteric spit their verses before Hardy, er, Pulitzer comes in.
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After being asked to leave the property by officials, Zimmerman spat toward a hotel security officer, prompting staff to call the police.
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All smartphones sold in the country are required to emit a shutter sound when taking photos and videos, an industry measure designed to deter covert photography.
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The sun also emits two other types of UV light – UVC (200-280 nm) and vacuum UV (100-200 nm) – but these are stopped by the atmosphere, so sunscreens do not typically need to be able to block them.
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Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks.
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Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time.
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But the biggest beef to be had is in Sarnoski’s insistence to bludgeon us with pulverizing violence, which grows tiresome and repetitive in the carnage-spewing initial 30 minutes.
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Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
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Their whiskey was disgorged before being entered into secondary, new American oak barrels that received light char and medium toast.
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Musk amended that proposal in a second filing this month, saying instead that any funds disgorged from OpenAI and its executives should go to OpenAI’s charitable arm.
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“Erupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupt. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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