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
Kīlauea on Hawaii resumed erupting on Tuesday, shooting lava fountains up to 500 feet into the air for over 13 hours.
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Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While on the Croisette, the producers got an alert about volcanoes erupting in Iceland.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
But then a ruling dropped in Utah, thrusting the Beehive State into the redistricting battle erupting around the country.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
One of the aims of this was to discover why there often appears to be a lag in time between the launch of a solar flare or CME erupting from the sun and the release of SEEs into space, as these electrons sometimes take hours to escape the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
By 2009, agile pockets began erupting across Microsoft.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Now, years after these high-profile court proceedings flew under the radar, controversy surrounding the Nashville Church of Christ is erupting throughout the community.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The southwestern United States has been in a historic megadrought for much of the past two decades, with its reservoirs including lakes Mead and Powell dipping to record lows and legal disputes erupting over rights to use water from the Colorado River.
—Pedro Dinezio, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2025
True to fairy-tale tropes, Evie’s landlord, Edita, has an exterior that conveys her hideous character, with long fingernails and steam erupting from her ears.
—Lora Kelley, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While on the Croisette, the producers got an alert about volcanoes erupting in Iceland.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
But then a ruling dropped in Utah, thrusting the Beehive State into the redistricting battle erupting around the country.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
One of the aims of this was to discover why there often appears to be a lag in time between the launch of a solar flare or CME erupting from the sun and the release of SEEs into space, as these electrons sometimes take hours to escape the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
By 2009, agile pockets began erupting across Microsoft.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Now, years after these high-profile court proceedings flew under the radar, controversy surrounding the Nashville Church of Christ is erupting throughout the community.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The southwestern United States has been in a historic megadrought for much of the past two decades, with its reservoirs including lakes Mead and Powell dipping to record lows and legal disputes erupting over rights to use water from the Colorado River.
—Pedro Dinezio, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2025
True to fairy-tale tropes, Evie’s landlord, Edita, has an exterior that conveys her hideous character, with long fingernails and steam erupting from her ears.
—Lora Kelley, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupting
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The capacitor in the pressure washer can overheat and burst, potentially ejecting parts and posing a serious injury risk to the user or bystanders due to impact, according to the post.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Shemberger’s Hyundai Elantra was hit by the commuter train, ejecting his wife, who was in the backseat and fatally injuring his grandson, who was in the front passenger seat.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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The president’s post was accompanied by a black and white video apparently taken with night vision equipment of a fast boat traveling with a number of occupants before suddenly exploding and bursting into flames.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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One group is connected to solar flares exploding from small regions of the sun, while the other population is connected to larger, more powerful outbursts of plasma called coronal mass ejections (CMEs).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Cardi admitted to a verbal exchange but denied spitting on or scratching the woman as alleged.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Ugly images of Inter Miami star Luis Suarez grabbing a Seattle Sounders player by the neck and spitting on a Sounders security officer during a postgame brawl Sunday night were reminiscent of incidents earlier in his career that have stained his legacy.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Fernández Noroña is also calling an emergency session Friday to propose expelling Moreno and the three other PRI lawmakers as a result of the scuffle, the New York Post reported.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Brisbane, Australia — Australia is expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra after the country’s intelligence agency found that Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 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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Lo and behold, over those same time periods where the Sun was emitting no gamma-rays at all, the Moon didn’t just show up in Compton’s data, but appeared incredibly bright to Compton’s eyes.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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An artist's concept of the Sun emitting solar flares.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On a macro scale, that effect has been well-documented by photographers, with aerial shots of waterways clogged with plastic, the scars on barren land from deforestation and countless smokestacks spewing pollution into the air.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
30 Aug. 2025
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Within 24 hours, Tay had absorbed the worst of the internet and began spewing racist slurs, denying the Holocaust, and praising Adolf Hitler.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025
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Adam Paul, Montna Farms operations manager, said that within minutes of pouring water into the dry fields, various species — birds, frogs, cranes — start to appear.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The injection molding process begins with the user pouring a liquid elastomer mixture into the injection chamber.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Erupting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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