erupted

verb

past tense of erupt
1
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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2
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 But at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip, a white Cadillac pulled up beside them and gunfire erupted. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Another round of storms erupted in northern Indiana Monday evening, bringing powerful wind gusts and large hail. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 Roughly 85 seconds later, the vehicle erupted into a fireball during its ascent. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 The family feud erupted earlier this year and spilled over to battle for control of the holding company. — Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Fires that erupted over the weekend in and around Spokane, Washington, have destroyed hundreds of structures and forced more than 60,000 from their homes — about 10% of the population. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 The early morning gunfire erupted July 19 near Biltmore Avenue and Short Coxe Avenue, an area near downtown businesses and nightlife. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The Bats erupted for eight runs between the second and fourth innings before the hosts got one back on a solo homer by Kala’i Rosario in the fifth. — Staff Report, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026 Earlier Monday, some residents returned to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupted
  1. ejected
  2. exploded
  3. expelled
  4. emitted
  5. belched
  6. spit
  7. spewed
  8. spurted
Verb
  • Boone didn’t get to watch the disastrous half-inning from the dugout, as he was ejected in the top of the sixth.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • A week later, on Tuesday, May 19, Southampton were ejected from the play-off final by the EFL’s independent disciplinary commission.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • Taylor joined the Bravo series in its latest season, which later exploded into scandal and earned its first Emmy nomination in the outstanding unstructured reality program category.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In seconds, her neighbor's home across the street exploded and went up in flames.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploded
Verb
  • He had been expelled from Latitude last school year, authorities said.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • He was expelled from the Communist Party in the late 1950s for criticising the government’s economic policies – and purged again during Mao’s Cultural Revolution a decade later.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • When excess noise hits the level determined by his customers, a purple glow is emitted from a lamp.
    — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Heat would be emitted from the roof and be no different from an apartment building of the same size.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of emitted
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  • For decades, Saarland’s foundries and furnaces belched black into the sky.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • The rare isotope is mostly locked away deep within our world’s innards, but vanishingly small quantities are belched out in volcanic eruptions and through natural gas pipelines.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Definition of belched
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  • An early version of the Orb, which looked like a miniature Death Star, spat out physical coins, like a slot machine, presumably to make the point about the quid pro quo to people who might not quite comprehend blockchain.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The team could use another forward as Luis Suarez is suspended for all six Leagues Cup games as the penalty for spitting on a Seattle Sounders official during last year’s tournament final.
    — Michelle Kaufman August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of spit
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  • Around 74,000 years ago, a caldera on what is now Sumatra emptied thousands of cubic kilometers of magma in about two weeks, roughly a thousand times more than Mount Pinatubo spewed out in 1991.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Early Tuesday morning, the volcano spewed lava that reached a height of about 300 meters (984 feet), triggering red alerts, evacuations, a highway’s closure, and the suspension of classes in three departments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of spewed
Verb
  • Someone spurted hair spray on Tate McRae’s long locks.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Oil prices spurted higher early this week on worries that the war will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed for a long time.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of spurted

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