: 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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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Located near the Painted Desert in Northern Arizona, Roden Crater is a monumental art installation and observatory created within a volcanic cinder cone by artist James Turrell, who started developing the project in 1977.
—Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Robert Annis, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
Professor Tom Gernon studies volcanic deposits from Boset Volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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Adjective
The Novarupta eruption of 1912 was known as the greatest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Located near the Painted Desert in Northern Arizona, Roden Crater is a monumental art installation and observatory created within a volcanic cinder cone by artist James Turrell, who started developing the project in 1977.
—Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
The half-mile Sulphur Works and 2.7-mile Bumpass Hell trails with their steam vents, bubbling pools, and mud pots echo Yellowstone’s volcanic features.
—Robert Annis, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
Professor Tom Gernon studies volcanic deposits from Boset Volcano in the Main Ethiopian Rift.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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“Volcanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/volcanic. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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