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as in ejecting
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 exploding
to develop suddenly and violently
a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room
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Recent Examples of erupting
The stadium of his archrival, once silent, was erupting.
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Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
By happenstance, the high risk report was released just as a scandal was erupting in Minnesota over widespread fraud in a program meant to keep children fed during the pandemic.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
By happenstance, the high risk report was released just as a scandal was erupting in Minnesota over widespread fraud in a program meant to keep children fed during the pandemic.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Pockets of protests erupting across Iran over the past week have intensified pressure on a dysfunctional government struggling to manage a spiraling economic crisis.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Violent conflicts have been erupting at a brisk frequency, getting bloodier, and more protracted.
—Galip Dalay, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Javi Lopez continued his domination in the Commonwealth Motors Christmas Classic, erupting for 33 points in a 76-62 win over Beverly for the championship.
—Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
Video released by Southern Command showed the boat being hit and erupting in flames and plumes of smoke.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
Carbon offsets in sports are also in the news, with scandals erupting around them in connection with sports from FIFA’s 2022 World Cup to basketball’s LA Clippers.
—Brian P. McCullough, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
By happenstance, the high risk report was released just as a scandal was erupting in Minnesota over widespread fraud in a program meant to keep children fed during the pandemic.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
By happenstance, the high risk report was released just as a scandal was erupting in Minnesota over widespread fraud in a program meant to keep children fed during the pandemic.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Pockets of protests erupting across Iran over the past week have intensified pressure on a dysfunctional government struggling to manage a spiraling economic crisis.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Violent conflicts have been erupting at a brisk frequency, getting bloodier, and more protracted.
—Galip Dalay, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Javi Lopez continued his domination in the Commonwealth Motors Christmas Classic, erupting for 33 points in a 76-62 win over Beverly for the championship.
—Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
Video released by Southern Command showed the boat being hit and erupting in flames and plumes of smoke.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
Carbon offsets in sports are also in the news, with scandals erupting around them in connection with sports from FIFA’s 2022 World Cup to basketball’s LA Clippers.
—Brian P. McCullough, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupting
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Kelce and quarterback Patrick Mahomes set the tone before kickoff by ejecting Ravens kicker Justin Tucker and his equipment from the area where the Chiefs were warming up.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
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That blast obliterated a park boardwalk, ejecting rocks and mud hundreds of feet into the air.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
23 Dec. 2025
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The overlapping relationships between the three, heightened by external narratives in the press and online, fester in isolation, eventually exploding into tragedy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Yoo thinks the company lost momentum after the 2016 Galaxy Note 7 crisis, when exploding batteries forced a massive recall.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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According to the North Miami Police Department, 27-year-old Macksouel Desir was standing outside the residence on NW 7th Avenue early Christmas morning and was spitting on the floor when the victim approached him and told him to stop.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
29 Dec. 2025
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Chalamet and EsDeeKid linked up for a visual, which finds the duo heading from the kitchen to under the stars of a Rolls-Royce Wraith’s backseat, spitting rhymes.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
19 Dec. 2025
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Wheatley made her offer before he’d even succeeded in expelling the British from Boston.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra in response.—
Jackie Zhou,
NBC news,
16 Dec. 2025
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Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
7 Dec. 2025
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Strobe lights, spinning grenades, and spurting blood accompany the unts-unts-unts.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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And the new MXene film was not only more flexible than ITO, but also increased brightness by almost an order of magnitude by making the contact between the topmost light-emitting organic layer and the film more efficient.—
Perri Thaler,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Jan. 2026
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Solar power generation jumped 34%, pushing it past hydroelectric power, with zero-carbon emitting energy sources now supplying 42% of American power, Rhodium found.—
Seth Borenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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With a clogged toilet belching up a bunch of poop all over Miranda's apartment.—
EW Staff December 5,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Dec. 2025
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The cause of the Little Ice Age is unclear, but volcanic activity belching volcanic ash high into the atmosphere and blocking sunlight is one of the most likely explanations.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Today, a Luddite is your grandparent who keeps looking at the screen rather than the camera when on Zoom, the Boomer who types in all-capital letters, the grouchy man who refuses to get a smart phone, the professor spewing invective against Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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According to a study published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, J1007+3540 is erupting like a volcano and spewing plasma across interstellar space.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Erupting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupting. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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