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
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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
As commentators announced the single-game sacks record to television viewers, Garrett was shown erupting on the sidelines.
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
There, the Cougars celebrated by erupting into song.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Thunderstorms erupting in the South and Midwest to kick off the weekend could turn severe and produce dangerous winds, a few tornadoes and heavy rain.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Imposing international security guarantees to prevent a new war from erupting.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The latest not-quite-smoking-gun claim concerns a potential exomoon that may be erupting to spew debris onto and around its host planet.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
More than that, the whole energy of the festival was erupting in a new way.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Videos show flashbang grenades erupting on the street, followed by residents of the building—children among them—being led to a parking lot across the street.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
During its first flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in 2005, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured dramatic water ice plumes erupting into space from the moon’s south pole.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
There, the Cougars celebrated by erupting into song.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Thunderstorms erupting in the South and Midwest to kick off the weekend could turn severe and produce dangerous winds, a few tornadoes and heavy rain.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Imposing international security guarantees to prevent a new war from erupting.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
The latest not-quite-smoking-gun claim concerns a potential exomoon that may be erupting to spew debris onto and around its host planet.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
More than that, the whole energy of the festival was erupting in a new way.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Videos show flashbang grenades erupting on the street, followed by residents of the building—children among them—being led to a parking lot across the street.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
During its first flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in 2005, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured dramatic water ice plumes erupting into space from the moon’s south pole.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupting
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Hours later, the vessel careened into a nearby bridge, ejecting 19-year-old Mallory Beach into the dark water.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Jeep had all four tires leave the ground crossing Township Street and then Paulman lost control on Ora Street, hit a utility pole and rolled, ejecting the passenger, according to the affidavit.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
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The neoliberal revolution, driven by former President Ronald Reagan in the United States and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, expanded capital markets enough to create whole new industries out of manipulating financial instruments; thus, exploding the finance industry.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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With satellites orbiting the Earth exploding into tens of thousands of pieces, the danger of collisions with space debris is a major problem, so Atomic-6 has developed new Space Armor tiles that are lighter and more effective than current systems.—
David Szondy
October 26,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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The clips allegedly showed Hanson urinating on food, spitting into containers, stomping on food items and rubbing them on his body before they were served to customers, per court documents and reporting by KCTV5, KMBC 9 and The Kansas City Star.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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So that time in the dugout, that time pregame, spitting seeds, the conversations that take place postgame, those are so crucial.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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One poll found that eighty-two per cent of Israeli Jews favored expelling Gazans.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Mali’s military leadership, which came to power in a 2021 coup, has overseen a dramatic shift in domestic policy, from being a major counterterrorism partner of France to expelling French troops and instead turning to Russia for security assistance.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 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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Seismic activity also creates spurting geysers and toasty geothermal pools, particularly in magma-rich areas like the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and around Borgarfjörður fjord, both in the west.—
Robin Catalano,
Robb Report,
7 Aug. 2025
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But sometimes prey gets stuck in a web and thrashes from side to side, emitting vibrations parallel to the spiral.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
28 Oct. 2025
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Recycling old shoeboxes gives them another chance to be turned into something more useful instead of building landfills and emitting greenhouse gases into the air.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 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
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Forget any sanctimonious spewing sermon about pro sports foolishly believing these types of things would not happen.—
Mac Engel
October 23,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Oct. 2025
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The most recent eruption occurred in June, spewing thick clouds of gas and molten rock as high as 4 miles into the air at some points.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Erupting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupting. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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