effervesce
verb
ef·fer·vesce
ˌe-fər-ˈves 
effervesced; effervescing
1
: to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes
2
: to show liveliness or exhilaration
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The 3,472-square-mile park encompassing the caldera is filled with geologic wonderlands of sprouting geysers and effervescing pools, all ultimately driven by magma and superheated fluids churning in the rock below the surface.
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National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020
Sulfur dioxide, which effervesces from active volcanic vents and craters, reacts with sunlight, moisture, particulate and oxygen to produce clouds of fine particles.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 25 May 2018
Siphons charge the cocktails with CO2, which change their texture, making the flavors effervesce and pop.
—Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 28 June 2013
For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent.
—Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 2 May 2018
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National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020
Sulfur dioxide, which effervesces from active volcanic vents and craters, reacts with sunlight, moisture, particulate and oxygen to produce clouds of fine particles.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 25 May 2018
Siphons charge the cocktails with CO2, which change their texture, making the flavors effervesce and pop.
—Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 28 June 2013
For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent.
—Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 2 May 2018
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effervesce
verb
ef·fer·vesce
ˌef-ər-ˈves
effervesced; effervescing
1
: to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes
2
: to show liveliness or excitement
effervesced at the good news
Medical Definition
effervesce
intransitive verb
ef·fer·vesce
ˌef-ər-ˈves
effervesced; effervescing
: to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes
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