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Eruptive

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Adjective

1. eruptive

producing or characterized by eruptions

Example Sentences:
'an eruptive disease'

2. eruptive, igneous

produced by the action of fire or intense heat

Example Sentences:
'rocks formed by igneous agents'

3. eruptive

actively spewing out lava

Example Sentences:
'a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eruptive

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adjective
1. 
erupting or tending to erupt
2. 
resembling or of the nature of an eruption
3. 
(of rocks) formed from such products as ash and lava resulting from volcanic eruptions
4. 
(of a disease) characterized by skin eruptions

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Eruptive

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adjective
1. 
erupting or tending to erupt
2. 
of, produced by, or formed by eruption
eruptive rock
3.  Medicine
causing or characterized by a skin eruption
noun
4.  Geology
a rock thrown out by volcanic eruption

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eruptive

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intr.v. e·rupt·ed, e·rupt·ing, e·rupts
1.
a. To throw or force something out violently, as lava, ash, and gases: The volcano erupted.
b. To be thrown or forced out: Water erupted from the geyser.
2. To develop suddenly: Violence erupted during the protests.
3. To express oneself suddenly and loudly: He erupted in anger.
4.
a. To break through the gums in developing. Used of teeth.
b. To appear on the skin. Used of a rash or blemish.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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