How to Use phreatic in a Sentence
phreatic
adjective-
But so far, no successful long-term forecast of a phreatic eruption has taken place.
—Robin George Andrews, Wired, 2021-06-06
-
Since May 2, the lava lake in the crater began to drop, which increases the chances for a phreatic explosion.
—Madison Park and Amir Vera, CNN, 2018-05-15
-
But de Moor's research suggests studying the gases from volcanic vents in the hours and minutes leading up to an eruption might help scientists predict future phreatic events.
—Author: Scott Wilson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 2018-05-24
-
The volcano had experienced a phreatic explosion (water-magma explosions) in early January.
—Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 2009-05-27
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'phreatic.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
