ERUPTED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

erupted

verb

past tense of erupt

as in ejected

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 exploded

to develop suddenly and violently a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room

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Recent Examples of erupted Two men were killed and nearly three dozen people injured when gunfire erupted at a homecoming weekend block party in Vienna, a small town in south Georgia. — Mike Stewart, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 His nose bled frequently, and his whole body regularly erupted into sudden, violent bouts of chills. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors argued Martin and Payton were armed gang members who participated in a confrontation with rivals that erupted into gunfire on a crowded downtown street as nightclubs closed. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The Vikings erupted for 21 fourth-quarter points, turning what had looked like a rout into a one-possession game. — D’joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026 While operating under a minutes restriction, Clark erupted for a career-high 45 points, 10 assists and four steals in less than 30 minutes as Indiana defeated Seattle 110-107. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, Julia Fox erupted on the scene, sporting skinny brows, overly blushed cheeks, black liner and glossed lips, no less. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 Last week, a large fire that erupted at a substation left more than 200,000 customers without power in the latest outage to hit the island. — Danica Coto, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Starship tipped over and erupted in flames upon splashdown, a dramatic end to the mission. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

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Perdomo Torres was ejected from the van and thrown to the ground, breaking his leg, ankle and hand.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Smith, who was riding in the left lane, was ejected from the bike and hit the pavement, suffering severe injuries, according to police.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

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Widening the southern portion of State Highway 69 has been a priority for the state as South Meridian and Kuna’s populations have exploded in recent years.

— Rose Evans October 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026
Combos, or multiple contracts stacked together that only pay out if all of them win — similar to parlays on traditional sportsbooks — have exploded in popularity.

— Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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The seven Chi Phi members in question were expelled or suspended, but some of them were allowed to continue their education at the university following a monthslong Title IX investigation.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Had they been found smoking grass in the school they would have been expelled or at least given detention, but no one knew that their club met in the trap room under the stage.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

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Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford had already shown that radioactive materials sometimes emitted particles, naturally changing the makeup of their atomic nuclei.

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
The physicists used that data to reconstruct the angles at which electrons and muons were emitted to infer the spins of the original Z bosons that preceded them.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of emitted

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Recent studies discovered the planet is more volcanically active than previously thought, but the researchers found that ash belched out by Venusian volcanoes is not the source of haze particles.

— Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
For decades, Saarland’s foundries and furnaces belched black into the sky.

— Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026

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Meanwhile, in the rental market, the blockbuster RealPage lawsuit alleged that the company’s leasing software pooled landlords’ data and spit out rent recommendations that helped landlords raise rents in lockstep.

— Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
After an energetic and meticulous performance by the dancers, Yung Lean left the formation and spat a blue ice cream cone into the camera lens as the song faded out.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of spit

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Unregulated textile factories, iron and steel mills, and Coca-Cola production and chemical plants spewed pollution into the air and water well into the mid-20th century.

— Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
But to anyone who knew the actual facts, not reckless garbage spewed on the internet, the result of the process was never in doubt.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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