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 Brian Osorio Zuluaga/Facebook The five men in the video slowly remove the baby then shout for a paramedic before erupting in a euphoric cheer. — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Footage shared by the company showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the facility. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Sometimes the mood turned bitter, with fights erupting over insignificant matters. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Surveillance footage obtained by The News shows the explosion erupting on the building’s second floor, sending glass and other debris rocketing across the street. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 Since erupting Saturday, three fires in Spokane County have destroyed more than 700 structures, displaced tens of thousands of residents and threatened communities. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 Female anger is erupting everywhere in the latest installment of Furious. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 Yet, a cooler mantle takes longer to start erupting in earnest, which means the planet gets to hold onto its reservoir of gases until its star is older and more settled. — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 21 July 2026 Lettuce and salad greens have become the prime suspects in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal parasite Cyclospora, which is surging nationwide but erupting to extraordinary heights in Michigan. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026

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In 2023, a Marine Corps pilot died after ejecting from his jet near the base.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Based on witness statements, a jet ski allegedly struck a wake, ejecting the operator into the water, according to DEEP officials.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

Definition of ejecting

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Then comes the crack of the bat – with the batter exploding out of the box in a full sprint, racing toward a buzzing base 100 feet away.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Can new memories of music, dance, and fireworks exploding into color over an ancient, battered city undo, or even weaken, the memory of bombs falling?

— Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

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The team could use another forward as Luis Suarez is suspended for all six Leagues Cup games as the penalty for spitting on a Seattle Sounders official during last year’s tournament final.

— Michelle Kaufman August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Starship is designed to launch 60 Starlink V3 satellites at a time, spitting them out through a slit-like payload bay door like a giant PEZ candy dispenser.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of spitting

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But sometimes, some corals on a reef bleach while others don’t, and in other cases corals under heat stress die without expelling their algae.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Sánchez, who leads the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, touted his country's quick turnaround in expelling nearly all of the 50,000-60,000 migrants who crossed the border back to Morocco.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of expelling

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The laboratory expects demand for the neutron-emitting isotope to increase as the US expands its nuclear energy ambitions and new reactor technologies move toward deployment.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
According to Léna, the experiments included studying the dust in the corona (which was emitting infrared radiation), studying the oscillating hot gas in the corona, and studying the chromosphere.

— Dhananjay Khadilkar, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of emitting

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Across a massive network of underwater mountain chains known as mid-ocean ridges, tectonic plates slowly pull apart, belching molten rock at the spreading seams.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
We’re paralyzed by whether a carbon-belching fossil fuel company’s right to pollute should outweigh the rest of the country’s right to clean air and a stable climate.

— Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

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