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as in ejects
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 explodes
to develop suddenly and violently
a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room
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Recent Examples of erupts
Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when economic and political turmoil erupts, sending waves through the markets.
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Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Like Swift, Hubble is losing altitude as the sun erupts with one flare after another.
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Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Catching an eruption is usually pretty easy since Strokkur erupts every four to 10 minutes.
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Abby Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2026
Continue reading … SERVICE REFUSED — Backlash erupts after Florida parlor turns away veterans and active-duty members.
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FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
When violence erupts, the tension shows up in our own homes.
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Adam Abutaa,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
The crowd erupts, and Messi will get his curtain call.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
Hovering somewhere between solid and liquid, mozzarella di bufala erupts on the palate with an electric acidity that cuts through its concentrated, velvety curd.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Like Swift, Hubble is losing altitude as the sun erupts with one flare after another.
—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Catching an eruption is usually pretty easy since Strokkur erupts every four to 10 minutes.
—
Abby Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2026
Continue reading … SERVICE REFUSED — Backlash erupts after Florida parlor turns away veterans and active-duty members.
—
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
When violence erupts, the tension shows up in our own homes.
—
Adam Abutaa,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
The crowd erupts, and Messi will get his curtain call.
—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
Hovering somewhere between solid and liquid, mozzarella di bufala erupts on the palate with an electric acidity that cuts through its concentrated, velvety curd.
—
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupts
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This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
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In other words, if that water heater explodes, then the investor will be personally sued for negligence in not replacing it, and the liability shield of the real property company is thus circumvented.
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But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.
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Sneezing forcefully expels mucus and airborne debris; reflexive blinking may help shield the eyes from contaminants moving upward across the face.
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This is the palette of the machine-made, that which is inhuman, and Duchamp would drive the point home in Coffee Mill (1911), a tiny painting of a grinder that expels a cascade of brown beans.
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This week, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album.
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In testing with an RTX 5090, DiffusionGemma spits out around 700 tokens per second.
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Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere.
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Between May through August every year, the US emits an average of around 150 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from AC every month, roughly equivalent to the annual emissions of the Netherlands.
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Four belches on the U-T five-belch meter.
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Her old garbage disposal is still in place and frequently belches waste back into the sink.
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In the low-elevation deserts of Eastern California, the sun sits high in the sky during late June and pours energy into the ground for much of the day.
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As the Judgment of Paris turns 50, winemaker Kristy Melton opens Freemark Abbey’s archives, pours historic bottles and reflects on what nearly 140 years of unbroken Napa history still has to say.
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“Erupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupts. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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