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as in ejected
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano erupted clouds of poisonous gas and tons of hot ash
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as in exploded
to develop suddenly and violently
a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room
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Recent Examples of erupted
The Crown’s soaked supporters erupted.
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Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2026
Nu Stadium erupted and the game remained knotted 1-1 at halftime.
—Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
On Friday, both the Springs Fire and Crown Fire erupted and quickly grew to engulf dry vegetation in their respective areas.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The crowd erupted in excitement.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
Pandemonium erupted almost immediately.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
The National Weather Service reported northeast winds of about 18 mph were blowing in Acton when the fire erupted, with temperatures around 65 degrees and 15% humidity.
—City News Service, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
The Arlington Grace Prep Lions erupted for five runs in the bottom of the first inning, cruising to a 9-2 victory over New Braunfels Allegiance in a non-district high school baseball contest Friday at the campus of Colleyville Covenant Christian.
—Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The now monthlong war erupted after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which retaliated with strikes against Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states.
—Samy Magdy, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2026
Nu Stadium erupted and the game remained knotted 1-1 at halftime.
—Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
On Friday, both the Springs Fire and Crown Fire erupted and quickly grew to engulf dry vegetation in their respective areas.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The crowd erupted in excitement.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
Pandemonium erupted almost immediately.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
The National Weather Service reported northeast winds of about 18 mph were blowing in Acton when the fire erupted, with temperatures around 65 degrees and 15% humidity.
—City News Service, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
The Arlington Grace Prep Lions erupted for five runs in the bottom of the first inning, cruising to a 9-2 victory over New Braunfels Allegiance in a non-district high school baseball contest Friday at the campus of Colleyville Covenant Christian.
—Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The now monthlong war erupted after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which retaliated with strikes against Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states.
—Samy Magdy, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupted
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Bucknor, who has been an MLB umpire since 1996, ejected Red Sox manager Alex Cora after calling Trevor Story out on a check swing.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Patience, who was a senior at Chapel Hill High School, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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An asteroid the size of a house exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk with the force of 440,000 tons of TNT, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,600 people, according to NASA.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Usually, the fire department starts the program in late April or May, but because of all the weather whiplash the area has seen over the past few months, vegetation has exploded and left many yards and properties with fire hazards.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Dali had nearly been expelled from the Surrealist movement in 1934 for refusing to denounce the Nazis, and yet his star still burned bright.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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Azabal plays Layal, a tightly wound Arabic professor whose troubled teenage son Daniel (Zolghadri) is expelled from high school, prompting her to escort him from Indiana to California to live with his estranged father.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Across the nation, the level of light emitted at night has dropped by as much as 50 percent in some cities, according to Bloomberg, as fuel shortages force widespread power cuts.—
Thomas E. Franklin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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That's nearing the roughly 880 million tons emitted by the entire global aviation industry, an estimate from industry group Air Transport Action Group.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Gloria stood up and belched, freeing me from her weight.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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The nearby fire department rushed by boat to the crash site and were assisted by a private tug boat that helped douse the fire that belched black smoke from the barge, said Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Nafisa allegedly spat on someone, believed to be a Frontier employee, per Local 10, as she was being taken off the plane.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Portuguese princess who could go from spitting 16s with Swollen Members to dropping ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Timbaland.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
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Esmeralda Upton, authorities said, spewed hate and assaulted the women in the parking lot of a Plano restaurant.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Keep an eye out for the coton de tulear, which spurted from 92nd in 2024 to 79th last year.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.—
Kevin Modesti,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Erupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupted. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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