eruption

eruption is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.
2. noun. That which bursts forth.
3. noun. A violent exclamation; ejaculation.
4. noun. The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
5. noun. the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
6. noun. a sudden very loud noise

   Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, clap

7. noun. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

   "the outbreak of hostilities"

   Synonyms: irruption, outbreak

8. noun. the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
9. noun. (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

   Synonyms: eructation, extravasation

10. noun. symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible

Synonyms

bam, bang, blast, clap, irruption, outbreak, eructation, extravasation

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in eruption:

pointure, unitrope

Common word forms

eruptions, eruptional

Words from these letters

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