eruption

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪˈɹʌpʃən/

Definition of eruption

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
    “a volcanic eruption”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
    “a volcanic eruption”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A sudden release of pressure or tension.
    “There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.
    “Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"?”
  4. (countable, uncountable)An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.

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Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.

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