ERUPTING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

erupting

verb

present participle of erupt

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 Its texture suggests that the magma cooled relatively slowly beneath the surface rather than erupting as lava. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026 The jet slammed nose-first like a missile into a busy Palm Beach County road, before erupting into flames and sending thick black smoke into the sky, dashcam video shows. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026 The telescope's superpower was its ability to swivel swiftly — thus its name — toward erupting celestial events. — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 Dashcam footage captured the jet plunging nose-first into the neighborhood and erupting into a massive fireball, as Fox News Digital previously reported. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 Military conflict between Israel and Hamas became routine, with major wars erupting in 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2021. — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026 Today’s momentum, from the voice of Gen Z erupting in cities across Europe and North America, is no different. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 The spacecraft also discovered icy plumes of water erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, revealing new clues into that moon's subsurface ocean of liquid water, complete with hydrothermal events like those found in Earth's oceans. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 For his final marathon in Sicily, Manson ran as Mount Etna was erupting and spewing lava. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

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This, essentially, was a driver ejecting them for their political views and fashion choices.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Unscrewing its top reveals a small pin that can be used for punching holes, ejecting a SIM card, or simply as a toothpick.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejecting

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But that was scrapped after Barcelo spotted a better deal in solar, where there were only a few domestic manufacturers at a moment when demand was exploding and Chinese firms, who could see a US crackdown coming, were looking to pull up stakes.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
It’s imbued in the music and exploding out of the performances, from the gravitas that Ledisi wields to the vulnerability etched in Pfeiffer’s every run.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of exploding

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People in Crystal Lake are constantly being dispatched in ways that offer the most shredded flesh, spurting blood and oozing viscera possible.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
The demonstration video posted on X shows a clear liquid spurting all over the ground, which Tesla confirmed was glycol, a type of cooling agent used to cool its Supercharger cables.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of spurting

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They’ve been handed yet another free pass to keep emitting harmful air pollution without the protections that safeguard our health.

— Elizabeth Bechard, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
What's particularly interesting and endearing about this feature is that while previous implementations of the glowing logo relied on an existing screen backlight, OLED panels (which use self-emitting pixels) need no backlight.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of emitting

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The filmmaker contrasts her bucolic nature scenes with shots of the giant ships passing by and the interiors and exteriors of the factories located near the island, belching smoke and lit up at night like a forbidding theme park.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Labor Day atop the last of the Titan-Centaur rockets, belching orange flame into the clear blue skies and scattering birds and other wildlife.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of belching

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Long story short, campers stay warmer on cold nights and cooler on hot nights without a loud, emissions-spewing engine or generator running in the background.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
In front of thousands of fans, a lit-up, smoke- and firework-spewing flying saucer known as the Mothership—a 1,500-pound aluminum-and-glass craft featuring a 241-pound landing ladder—descended onto the stage and out popped Clinton.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026

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