ERUPTS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

erupts

verb

present tense third-person singular of erupt

as in ejects

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 explodes

to develop suddenly and violently a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room

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Recent Examples of erupts This conflict erupts into the open when a local Christian church suddenly goes up in flames. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 When a dispute erupts there, the employer's records have nothing to say, and the only road back runs through the original personal devices, reached through consent or through counsel. — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The best seat in the house is wherever the room erupts when the ball hits the net. — Ali Farooqui, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026 Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts, sending waves through the markets. — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 July 2026 In one segment, Daeron quietly whispers for a young cupbearer to exit the room before violence erupts from the lord. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 Even once in a while, from under the ocean floor, hot magma erupts through the gaps and then cools down to form new planetary crust. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 As debate with her sister Claire (Adrienne Warren) and her dad’s star student Hal (Jin) erupts over the discovery’s true authorship, Catherine must confront the power of legacy and the cost of proving herself. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 July 2026 When a crime cover-up comes to light, a land dispute erupts with neighboring ranchers (one of whom is played by Noah Reid of Schitt’s Creek). — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

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This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026
At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026

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Continue reading … VIRUS RECKONING — COVID fury explodes as Fauci hearing revives 'insane' lockdown nightmare tales.

— , FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Every other year, the sleepy Hampshire town of Farnborough explodes in cosmopolitan confusion as exhibitors, delegates, industrial giants, politicians, media, and visitors estimated at 120,000 descend over a five-day period.

— David Szondy July 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2026

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Now they are being flown to Bhutan - a country that still refuses to recognize them as citizens and expels them on arrival to India or Nepal.

— Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026
Mary can see how worried her sister looks and sits by her while… her mother expels another human being from her body, behind the very thin curtain just a few feet away.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026

Definition of expels

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That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

Definition of spits

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That leaves over half of the Sun’s radiant energy outside our visual reach, along with anything that emits or reflects heat rather than visible light.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Idling of vehicles with engines that burn fossil fuels also emits climate-warming greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, though climate concerns are not the primary target of anti-idling laws.

— Richard Marcantonio, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Definition of emits

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The public is increasingly skeptical of allowing the AI industry to govern itself, which is pushing legislators to rethink their hands-off approach, even as AI money pours like Niagara Falls into elections.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
The sun pours through its many gaps, creating a constellation of light that illuminates the forest floor below.

— Liam Scott, Washington Post, 24 July 2026

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