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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
Meanwhile protests have erupted across Europe calling for an end to the war.
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Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Nepal’s Prime Minister, Sharma Oli, resigned from his position after the anti-corruption protests erupted across the country, leaving at least 72 people dead and hundreds wounded, most of them in the capital of Kathmandu.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Explosion fills night sky in Los Angeles Firefighters were battling a blaze at a Chevron refinery in Southern California late on Thursday, company and government officials said, after a massive fireball erupted at the facility.
—Vanessa Navarrete, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of thousands erupted in cheers and tears.
—Nick Spicer, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Alolkoy, said despite the bear's small size and obviously scared state, the store quickly erupted in a chaotic scene.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Throughout the course, climbers can see the 2,303-foot-high Triumvirate Glacier, with all its moraines and otherworldly blue crevasses, as well as the Tordrillo Mountains, which include Mount Spurr, an active volcano that last erupted in 1992.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
Timoner and her brother, producer David Timoner, both lost their homes in the fire that erupted in early January.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
The crowd erupted in cheers as he was shuttled into the locker room.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Nepal’s Prime Minister, Sharma Oli, resigned from his position after the anti-corruption protests erupted across the country, leaving at least 72 people dead and hundreds wounded, most of them in the capital of Kathmandu.
—Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Explosion fills night sky in Los Angeles Firefighters were battling a blaze at a Chevron refinery in Southern California late on Thursday, company and government officials said, after a massive fireball erupted at the facility.
—Vanessa Navarrete, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of thousands erupted in cheers and tears.
—Nick Spicer, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Alolkoy, said despite the bear's small size and obviously scared state, the store quickly erupted in a chaotic scene.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Throughout the course, climbers can see the 2,303-foot-high Triumvirate Glacier, with all its moraines and otherworldly blue crevasses, as well as the Tordrillo Mountains, which include Mount Spurr, an active volcano that last erupted in 1992.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
Timoner and her brother, producer David Timoner, both lost their homes in the fire that erupted in early January.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
The crowd erupted in cheers as he was shuttled into the locker room.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupted
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After a confrontation with officials, Reeve was ejected and later fined by the WNBA for criticizing officials during a postgame news conference.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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When a foul wasn’t called on the play, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve charged the court to challenge a referee and was ejected from the game.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The 44,655 fans, Toronto’s highest attendance of the year, exploded over and over.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The 2024 sixth-round pick out of Southeast Missouri State — yes, that is a real school that plays football — exploded in the first half for five receptions for 104 yards to help set up multiple Cowboys scores.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Oct. 2025
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And in the worst case scenarios, their child might be expelled from their child care.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Palestinian-American director Cherien Dabis’ historical drama premiered at Sundance and tells a multigenerational story of a family expelled from Jaffa in 1948.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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This is significant as typically MoS₂ and other 2D semiconductors were too delicate and emitted very little light.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 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
Verb
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In 2020, the duo bounced across the Tropicana Field turf before Game 1, Guerrero spitting seeds with a bandana around his neck and Bichette’s long hair still flowing behind him.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Why turn my face toward something that spit me out?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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The government ignored Hamilton’s warning, and for 50 years lead spewed from every car’s tailpipe, contaminating the air, soil, and bodies of generations.—
Tom Frieden,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Erupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupted. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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