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All erupt synonyms

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verb erupt

  • blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
  • break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
  • flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
  • vent — a slit in the back or side of a coat, jacket, or other garment, at the bottom part of a seam.
  • go off — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
  • burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
  • detonate — If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
  • spew — to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
  • belch — If someone belches, they make a sudden noise in their throat because air has risen up from their stomach.
  • boil — When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
  • discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • emit — Produce and discharge (something, esp. gas or radiation).
  • eruct — Emit stomach gas noisily through the mouth; belch.
  • gush — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
  • hurl — to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
  • jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
  • rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
  • spit — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
  • spout — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
  • spurt — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
  • vomit — to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
  • cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
  • throw off — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • touch off — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • hit the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
  • blow a fuse — If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
  • fly off the handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
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