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 When Tae-ha starts a fire that erupts into an explosion, a horrified Eun-sae begins to remember her life before amnesia. — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 Later, the Astro Toilets, a more powerful force, descend from space and a civil war erupts. — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026 Tall and handsome, Robert appears at the moment violence erupts in the city’s exclusive neighborhoods. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026 Validated with state-of-the-art computer simulations and published in Nature, the landmark result helps explain how energy moves through the photosphere and erupts into potentially Earth-threatening space weather events. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026 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

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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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Reacher explodes into action, kicking over a table, executing a backward roll into the guy behind him while handcuffed, then redirecting that guy’s tranq gun against the other Men in Black.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
That first bump hits Tony with such a rush that the soundtrack explodes with boogielicious disco.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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To protect itself, the coral expels its own algae — a primary food, energy, and oxygen source — and soon loses its color.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
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

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

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As the company pours IPO cash into aggressive global expansion, analysts warn that shareholder pressure and past quality stumbles could test its eco-conscious image — and Wall Street patience.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 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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