eruption
/ɪˈɹʌpʃən/
eruption noun: a violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
Noun
eruption (countable and uncountable, plural eruptions)
- A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
- a volcanic eruption
- A sudden release of pressure or tension.
- There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.
- An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.
- Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"?1976 December 18, Rudy Kikel, “The Doomsday Book by the Jewish Comedian”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 15
- An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
eruption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
eruption in Hindi
- violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano
- भभका bhabhkā
eruption in Tamil
- eruption, pimple, itch
- சிரங்கு ciraṅku
- eruption, any cutaneous disease, rash, eczema, erysipelas, etc
- கரப்பான் karappāṉ
eruption in Urdu
- خروج
eruption in Bengali
- অগ্ন্যুৎপাত, অগ্নুৎপাত
More languagesFewer languages
- eruption in Malayalam
- നിർഗ്ഗമം, പുറത്തേക്കു തള്ളിവരൽ, പൊട്ടൽ
- eruption in Odia
- ଅଗ୍ନ୍ଯୁପାତ
- eruption in Malay
- letusan
- eruption in Indonesian
- erupsi
- eruption in Persian
- فوران favarân
Examples of eruption in a sentence
- This tectonic plate had been subducting for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.
- I was amused to hear his sister describe some of those eruptions in her slow, Quakerly fashion.
- Tremendous magmic pressure built up beneath the earth, causing a volcanic eruption.
Forms of eruption
| plural | eruptions |
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Origin of eruption
From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.
Words formed from eruption
Phrases with eruption
Words that rhyme with eruption
Questions about eruption
- What does eruption mean?
- Eruption means a violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
- What is eruption in Hindi?
- Eruption in Hindi is भभका (bhabhkā). See Eruption meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eruption?
- Eruption is a noun.
- How do you pronounce eruption?
- Eruption is pronounced /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/.
- What is the plural of eruption?
- The plural of eruption is eruptions.
Words near eruption in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eruption (page history and authors); கரப்பான் (Tamil) (page history and authors); eruption (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eruption (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eruption (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eruption (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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