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eruption en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.

Meanings

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

Forms

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Deriveds

noneruption · overeruption · eruption column · maleruption · eruptional · posteruption · bimbo eruption

Hyponyms

flank eruption · Strombolian eruption · Hawaiian eruption · Plinian eruption · subglacial eruption · subaerial eruption · lateral eruption · ultraplinian eruption · limnic eruption · steam-blast eruption · phreatic eruption · effusive eruption · explosive eruption · creeping eruption · ultravulcanian eruption · fissure eruption · bozo eruption · supereruption · Vesuvian eruption · submarine eruption · subplinian eruption · Surtseyan eruption · Peléan eruption · Vulcanian eruption

Translations (73)

ga brúchtadh (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · mi hūnga (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · sv utbrott (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · sh erupcija (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · is gos (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ko 분화 (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · de Ausbruch (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · eo erupcio (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ru изверже́ние (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ms letusan (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · gl erupción (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · cmn 爆發 /爆发 (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · id erupsi (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ast erupción (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · ja 噴出 (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ca erupció (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · pl erupcja (sudden release of pressure or tension) · bcl pagtuga (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · fi purkaus (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · de Ausbruch (sudden release of pressure or tension) · ko 분출 (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ru взрыв (sudden release of pressure or tension) · to laku (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · uk ви́верження (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · gd maoim (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · hy ժայթքում (sudden release of pressure or tension) · sh ерупција (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · hi भभका (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · nl uitbarsting (sudden release of pressure or tension) · fo gos (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · grc ἀναχοή (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · bg изригване (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · it eruzione (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ja 噴火 (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ro erupție (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · sv vulkanutbrott (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · pam akbung (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · fr éruption (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · id erupsi (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · ro erupere (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ca erupció (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · de Vulkanausbruch (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · el έκρηξη (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · sv eruption (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · bg обрив (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · ast erupción (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · oc erupcion (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · de Eruption (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · fi purkaus (sudden release of pressure or tension) · tr patlama (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · fi tulehdus (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · cy echdoriad (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · be вывяржэ́нне (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · oc erupcion (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · ro erupție (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · ru сыпь (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · hu kitörés (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · bg изблик (sudden release of pressure or tension) · pt erupção (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · az püskürmə (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · es erupción (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · nl uitbarsting (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · tet erupsaun (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · fa فوران (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · pl erupcja (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · la eruptio (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · hy ժայթքում (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · nl huiduitslag (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · cmn 噴發 /喷发 (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · ka ამოფრქვევა (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · cmn 噴出 /喷出 (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano) · gl erupción (infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing) · uk ви́бух (violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano)