erupt
erupt is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
- verb. become active and spew forth lava and rocks
"Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
- verb. erupt or intensify suddenly
"Unrest erupted in the country"
"Tempers flared at the meeting"
- verb. become raw or open
"He broke out in hives"
"My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"
- verb. start abruptly
"After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
- verb. appear on the skin
"A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
- verb. break out
"The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
- verb. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
"break into tears"
"erupt in anger"
- verb. start to burn or burst into flames
"Marsh gases ignited suddenly"
"The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
Synonyms
belch, extravasate, flare, irrupt, recrudesce, break, burst, combust, conflagrate, ignite
Common word forms
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