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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
As Varsho trotted, the Rogers Centre erupted – and the fans kept partying on the club level well past midnight.
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Investigators believe gunfire erupted after an ICE officer confronted the suspect’s vehicle and smashed a window with their service weapon, a law enforcement source said.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
That tension has been simmering for years, but erupted over the summer, leaving dozens of civilians and soldiers dead.
—Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Samaritan’s Purse began working in the region immediately after the fighting erupted, sending doctors, nurses and emergency aid.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Content creators now use it for just about anything and its appearance often sparks raucous reactions, like in September when a crowd erupted in cheers after an In-N-Out employee called out order number 67.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
One person was killed and a second person suffered burns when a fire erupted in the middle of the night at an RV park near the Charlotte Motor Speedway, according to investigators in North Carolina.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The Pioneers erupted for 29 unanswered points in the second half after trailing 14-3 at the break.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Protests have erupted in response, often in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the suburb of Broadview.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Investigators believe gunfire erupted after an ICE officer confronted the suspect’s vehicle and smashed a window with their service weapon, a law enforcement source said.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
That tension has been simmering for years, but erupted over the summer, leaving dozens of civilians and soldiers dead.
—Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Samaritan’s Purse began working in the region immediately after the fighting erupted, sending doctors, nurses and emergency aid.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Content creators now use it for just about anything and its appearance often sparks raucous reactions, like in September when a crowd erupted in cheers after an In-N-Out employee called out order number 67.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
One person was killed and a second person suffered burns when a fire erupted in the middle of the night at an RV park near the Charlotte Motor Speedway, according to investigators in North Carolina.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The Pioneers erupted for 29 unanswered points in the second half after trailing 14-3 at the break.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Protests have erupted in response, often in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the suburb of Broadview.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupted
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After a replay review, Bane was ejected from the game after being assessed both a technical foul and a flagrant foul for his transgression.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Of the eight monkeys that were ejected from their cages, five were killed in the hunt for them and three remained on the loose before Sunday.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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But things do appear to have exploded dramatically in the last half-decade.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Drug-overdose numbers exploded.—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Mahmood Mamdani, the mayor-elect’s father, is a Columbia University professor and political scientist originally from Uganda who was expelled by dictator Idi Amin.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The campaign began with an air offensive in January 1991, followed by a swift ground assault that expelled Iraqi forces within 100 hours.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Even his portrayal of a man with advanced dementia, in The Father (2020), which won the Academy Award for Best Actor, emitted a disconcerting power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Collectively, everyone emitted the infectious aura of being in search of something beyond the conventions of a traditional vacation.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The nearby fire department rushed by boat to the crash site and were assisted by a private tug boat that helped douse the fire that belched black smoke from the barge, said Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The day of the invasion had been thick with heat, the kind that made the air above the sidewalk kebab spits ripple with diesel smoke.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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So that time in the dugout, that time pregame, spitting seeds, the conversations that take place postgame, those are so crucial.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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In addition, volcanic eruptions could have spewed out sulfuric acid into the Martian atmosphere.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Black smoke spewed upward from coal stoves mounted atop one, newspaper reports said.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.—
Kevin Modesti,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Erupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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