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 The Hunga caldera is thought to have collapsed even as the volcano was erupting. — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026 However, this doesn't seem to be the case with the jets erupting from blazar 3C 345. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Video of Saturday's operation released by SOUTHCOM shows a vessel moving through the water before erupting into a massive fireball. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 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

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The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Derek Gutierrez, a public affairs specialist with the 149th Fighter Wing, said the pilot received medical treatment after ejecting from the aircraft.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of ejecting

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If civilian use of wireless technologies is exploding, military applications are also rising, and everything from drones to armored vehicles is now part of the larger set of attack units.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Viard watched firsthand as fashion ballooned into a global industry, designers becoming celebrities unto themselves and budgets exploding.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of exploding

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Neutrons are unstable when they’re not bound in nuclei, spontaneously spitting out lighter particles in about 15 minutes to become the slightly lighter proton.

— Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Of course, Nicole made her presence felt in other ways as well, including spitting water into Jeremiah’s face and projectile vomiting all over the tribe camp.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of spitting

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Those include bringing the Kurdish peshmerga security forces in northern Iraq under control of the central government’s military and expelling Iranian Kurdish dissident groups and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, that have bases in the region.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
The thought of the SEC expelling one of its charter members after 94 years of inclusion seems preposterous.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of expelling

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However, Ormund is sickened by the blood spurting in his eyes, and Roddy turns the tables, using his remaining hand to stick a knife well into Ormund's backside.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 13 July 2026

Definition of spurting

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Keeping the active molecules apart The researchers traced the improvement to the way the light-emitting molecules are held inside the coating.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
The devices, essentially dimmable table lamps with a heat-emitting bulb positioned above a jar, melt scented wax from the top down.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of emitting

Verb

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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But her worries subsided on the day of, after seeing Hunnam rigged up and spewing.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026
Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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