Synonyms of erupting

erupting

verb

present participle of erupt

1

as in ejecting

to violently throw out or off (something from within)

the volcano erupted clouds of poisonous gas and tons of hot ash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ejecting
• spitting
• expelling
• spurting
• emitting
• belching
• spewing
• pouring
• spouting
• firing
• disgorging
• jetting
• hurling
• releasing
• surging
• streaming
• eructing
• emanating
• issuing
• heaving
• exhaling
• gushing
• springing
• squirting
• tossing
• venting
• shooting
• flinging
• launching
• discharging
• casting
• pitching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• containing
• restraining
• shutting (in or up)
• bottling (up)

2

as in exploding

to develop suddenly and violently

a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploding
• swelling
• flaming
• mounting
• bursting (forth)
• breaking out
• blazing (up)
• flaring (up)
• skyrocketing
• proliferating
• multiplying
• mushrooming
• detonating
• snowballing
• burgeoning
• rocketing
• waxing
• ballooning
• touching off
• blowing up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of erupting

The autumn palette here is incomparable, with maples, birches, oaks, and ash trees erupting in crimson, gold, and tawny tones. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026

The volcano has been erupting for days, spewing lava and ash that shut airports, disrupted nearly 3,000 flights, forced schools online and kept nearby communities on heightened alert. — Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

There will be body parts severed, much (blue) blood spilled, and extreme violence erupting in every corner of the Zellners’ brutalist designs and impressively immersive world-building that needs to be seen to be believed. — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026

Screenshot of mobile phone footage of the Anak Krakatau volcano erupting, seen from the sea. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Triton’s nitrogen geyser system Voyager 2 observed at least four dark plumes erupting from Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, during its 1989 flyby. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Social media put the storm’s effects on display, with videos of floodwaters leaving cars stranded on highways, stormwater runoff erupting onto city streets and waterfalls cascading onto the subway tracks at Penn Station. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026

The D’Carlos Restaurant is temporarily closed due to a fire erupting in the restaurant’s water heater room in the early hours of Tuesday morning. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026