: a volcanic rock
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Adjective
a man with a volcanic temper that could go off at any moment
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Ruiz describes how the heat rises from volcanic rock and settles into your muscles with a slow steady warmth.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Usa Today, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Have a walk along the serene volcanic Lake Vico and eat at Trattoria del Cimino dal 1895, an authentic Lazian trattoria steps from the palace.
—Fulvio De Bonis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The cave, which was found by Hekla Tang, the snowmobile operations manager for tour company Arctic Adventures, was likely formed by meltwater and shifting ice and features a spacious chamber made of high-clarity ice streaked with layers of volcanic ash from past volcanic eruptions.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Ruiz describes how the heat rises from volcanic rock and settles into your muscles with a slow steady warmth.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
Communications can turn volcanic when Mercury meets Mars in Scorpio.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Have a walk along the serene volcanic Lake Vico and eat at Trattoria del Cimino dal 1895, an authentic Lazian trattoria steps from the palace.
—Fulvio De Bonis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Volcanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/volcanic. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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