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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
But as the Miami crowd erupted following Washington’s steal, no one was louder than John Lucas II – Jai’s father – who was seated behind the Canes’ bench.
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Hunter Bailey, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Last August, sandwiched uneasily between thousands in Grant Park, when Sabrina Carpenter invited out Earth, Wind and Fire, and Lollapalooza erupted in surprise, my internal sensitivity switch flipped and, again, tears.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
But the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, which erupted in 2022, was underwater.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Josh Hart sat with knee soreness, and the Knicks allowed the 20-win Jazz to erupt for 41 points in the first quarter alone.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
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Hunter Bailey, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Last August, sandwiched uneasily between thousands in Grant Park, when Sabrina Carpenter invited out Earth, Wind and Fire, and Lollapalooza erupted in surprise, my internal sensitivity switch flipped and, again, tears.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
But the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, which erupted in 2022, was underwater.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Josh Hart sat with knee soreness, and the Knicks allowed the 20-win Jazz to erupt for 41 points in the first quarter alone.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupt
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How do key components of matter — gas, dust, and heavy elements — flow into, get transported throughout, and ejected out of galaxies over time?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Mar. 2026
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Three people were ejected from the Nissan, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said at the scene.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Sudan slid into chaos in April 2023 when a power struggle between the military and the militant group exploded into open fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Nineteenth-century naval mines exploded on contact.—
Jon R. Lindsay,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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Her 13-year-old son goes to the same high school as two of the suspects, who are in the process of being expelled.—
Eléonore Hughes,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Instead, much of Iraq rose up to expel US ground forces, and the war dragged on for eight years.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Carolyn and Lauren are only glad Ann couldn’t make it, lest someone start spitting bars.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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So people were spitting them out.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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In the letter, the groups — including the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council and NextGen California — called for the state to set stricter limits on how much covered entities can emit under the program.—
Chaewon Chung
March 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Desalination is energy-intensive, with plants worldwide producing between 500 and 850 million tons of carbon emissions annually, approaching the roughly 880 million tons emitted by the entire global aviation industry.—
Annika Hammerschlag,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Blood spurts against the window.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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These stand out amid the otherwise adequate effects, which simply get the spurting, spewing job done.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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The fear of a refinery spewing sulfur-dioxide soot and unleashing acid rain, Yoder said, was enough to prompt the county health department to create a pollution-control office to enforce air-quality regulations and end the refinery plans.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hawaii Island’s Kilauea volcano began erupting on March 10, spewing rock fragments as large as footballs, threatening nearby communities and closing nearby highways.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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How differently might the same vista appear when seen from amid a mob that’s been disgorged from a tour bus, through the rectangle of a cell-phone camera, or, more simply, while on a quiet walk?—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes passengers are disgorged onto melting pavement to await their next Tunnel Tesla in the desert city’s 100-degree heat.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Erupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupt. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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