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eruptions

eruptions is the plural of eruption.

Meaning of eruption

Noun

eruption (countable and uncountable, plural eruptions)

  1. A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
    • a volcanic eruption
  2. A sudden release of pressure or tension.
    • There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.
  3. 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
  4. An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.

Phrases with eruptions

Questions about eruptions

What is eruptions the plural of?
Eruptions is the plural of eruption.

Words near eruptions in the dictionary

  1. erupting
  2. eruption
  3. eruption column
  4. eruption columns
  5. eruptional
  6. eruptions
  7. eruptive
  8. eruptively
  9. eruptiveness
  10. eruptives
  11. eruptivity

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