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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
Bystander video posted to Facebook showed two jets making contact in the air, then twisting and careening in the sky before hitting the ground and erupting in a plume of dirt and fire.
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Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 17 May 2026
The video, which was obtained in October by Politico, showed Porter erupting at a staff member who appeared in the background of a prerecorded Zoom call between the former congresswoman and then-Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
But the Knicks got the last laugh with a 94-90 win in Game 7 at the Garden, with Patrick Ewing erupting for 24 points, 22 rebounds and seven assists.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
After erupting for 10 runs in the series’ opener, Houston totaled one over its final 18 innings.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2026
Early in the first quarter, Redick himself picked up a technical foul in the first quarter after erupting at referee Ben Taylor with the Lakers facing an early double-digit deficit.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 9 May 2026
Will scientists ever be able to say that a week from now, a certain volcano has an 80% chance of erupting in a particular way — with lava gushing, with a certain explosive force, with pyroclastic flows that will travel down its western flank?
—Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Mount Dukono is one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes and has been erupting almost continuously since 1933.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
According to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, Mount Dukono has been continuously erupting since 1933.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 17 May 2026
The video, which was obtained in October by Politico, showed Porter erupting at a staff member who appeared in the background of a prerecorded Zoom call between the former congresswoman and then-Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
But the Knicks got the last laugh with a 94-90 win in Game 7 at the Garden, with Patrick Ewing erupting for 24 points, 22 rebounds and seven assists.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
After erupting for 10 runs in the series’ opener, Houston totaled one over its final 18 innings.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2026
Early in the first quarter, Redick himself picked up a technical foul in the first quarter after erupting at referee Ben Taylor with the Lakers facing an early double-digit deficit.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 9 May 2026
Will scientists ever be able to say that a week from now, a certain volcano has an 80% chance of erupting in a particular way — with lava gushing, with a certain explosive force, with pyroclastic flows that will travel down its western flank?
—Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
Mount Dukono is one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes and has been erupting almost continuously since 1933.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
According to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, Mount Dukono has been continuously erupting since 1933.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupting
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An unknown vehicle driving west on Independence Ave then struck the bicycle, ejecting its rider completely off the bike, the crash log said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Pautler recommends ejecting pods after each use, as well as occasionally rinsing removable parts of the machines.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The planes then fall together, exploding into a fireball upon impact as the crew members drift to the ground nearby.—
Rebecca Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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The aircraft then fall to the ground before exploding, sending thick black smoke billowing into the air.—
Greg Wehner , Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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My mother spitting cherry pips with me and my sister.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Windows Vista and its early WDDM woes had reduced my previously badass main PC with two Nvidia 7900GT cards in SLI to a stuttering BSOD-spitting mess, and the future of Microsoft OSes looked bleak—Windows 7 wouldn’t be along to change the situation for years.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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Last year the leaders of nine European Union countries -- Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland -- signed an open letter claiming the rights convention prevented them from expelling foreign criminals.—
SAM McNEIL,
Arkansas Online,
17 May 2026
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This time, the administration is dividing more families by greater distances than before, by expelling parents without their children, en masse.—
Caitlin Dickerson,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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The peonies in my yard were blooming, spurting really.—
Maria Zorn,
Longreads,
24 Feb. 2026
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Ultimately, all the statues end up in place, the fountain starts spurting red water like the Kool-Aid Man had been stabbed, and their prize pot grows to $106,000.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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The idea is to produce everything people want without emitting greenhouse gases.—
John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Video footage of the crash's aftermath obtained by NBC shows the vehicle significantly engulfed in orange flames emitting billows of black smoke.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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When Pinatubo started convulsing and belching steam in April of that year, scientists from the United States and the Philippines deployed an array of instruments that tracked the volcano’s inner tumult.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
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In one video geolocated by NBC News, roiling orange flames and belching smoke could be seen rising from the Aghdasieh fuel depot in the city’s northern Tajrish district.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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As previously reported, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius released thermal energy roughly equivalent to 100,000 times the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, spewing molten rock, pumice, and hot ash over the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in particular.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
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Scan everything on your phone, walk through some probably-radiation-spewing portal, and head straight out the door.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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“Erupting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupting. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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