erupt

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: e=rupt
• COUNT in NET: 4 in 4 verses (in OT : 4 in 4 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

erupt, v. t. [See eruption.].

 To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.  Huxley.  [1913 Webster]

erupt, v. i. [See eruption.].

•  To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser; as, when Mount Saint Helens erupted, some people were taken by surprise.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc.; as, the third molar erupts late in most people, and in some persons does not occur at all.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  "When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

erupt, v.intr.
1 break out suddenly or dramatically.
2 (of a volcano) become active and eject lava etc.
3 a (of a rash, boil, etc.) appear on the skin. b (of the skin) produce a rash etc.
4 (of the teeth) break through the gums in normal development.

Derivative

eruption n. eruptive adj.

Etymology

L erumpere erupt- (as E-, rumpere break)

THESAURUS

erupt

OD, appear, arise, bail out, be born, be brought down, be felled, be struck down, be traumatized, become, belch, blow open, blow out, blow up, bob up, boil, break cover, break forth, break out, break through, burst forth, burst out, cast forth, cast up, catch, catch cold, collapse, come, come down with, come forth, come out, come to be, contract, crop up, debouch, decant, detonate, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, effuse, ejaculate, eject, emanate, emerge, emit, eruct, exhaust, exit, expel, explode, extravasate, extrude, fever, find vent, flare up, flash, get, get to be, gleam, go into shock, go off, have origin, hurl, hurl forth, irrupt, issue, issue forth, jet, jump out, leak out, ooze out, originate, outpour, overdose, pop up, pour, pour forth, pour out, protrude, rise, run a temperature, run out, sally, sally forth, send forth, send out, sicken, spew, spew out, spout, spring up, spurt, squirt, start up, surface, take, take birth, take ill, take rise, throw off, throw out, throw up, touch off, vomit, vomit forth

ROGET THESAURUS

erupt

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.