1
as in explosions
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
a great eruption of glee as it suddenly dawned on her that she had won
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as in firings
the act or an instance of exploding
the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa was one of the most violent in global history
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Recent Examples of eruptions
The world often failed to use those political eruptions to actually improve the lot of the people in those countries.
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Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
On top of that, cosmic rays and the Sun's own eruptions can upset electronics.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Northern and southern lights The sun is expected to churn out more eruptions in 2026 that could lead to geomagnetic storms here on Earth, giving rise to stunning aurora.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Several other eruptions have occurred in the past weeks, but all went unseen.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025
Since the webcam was installed in May of 2025, about twelve eruptions of various magnitudes have been recorded.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 22 Dec. 2025
Their tribe decimated by volcanic eruptions, a cataclysm their goddess Eywa did nothing to alleviate, the ash people are aggrieved, aggressive and, unlike the tribes in Pandora's low-lying regions, willing to embrace technology.
—Bob Mondello, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
The dramatic expansion of the northern lights was caused by intense activity on the sun including multiple solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
This latest round of solar eruptions includes several CMEs from an active sunspot cluster.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eruptions
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While Russian defense officials did not say where the Oreshnik hit this time, Ukrainian authorities on Friday reported several explosions and a ballistic missile strike in the western city of Lviv.—
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Test explosions became increasingly rare.—
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Medical associations sued to challenge Kennedy’s changes to COVID vaccine guidance and ACIP firings last year on these grounds.—
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The end of the NFL regular season has brought the annual slew of head coach firings.—
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Police were called twice to the home to respond to apparent angry outbursts from Bushey, once after the knives were removed, and once after the locks were changed, which reportedly led Bushey to break off a doorknob in order to enter the house.—
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As 6-7 went viral, teachers complained that random outbursts by their students were interrupting their lessons.—
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In stronger bursts, faint glows may also appear low on the northern horizon in far northern parts of Wyoming, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.—
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Little bursts of dub delay flare without warning, kicking up dust devils; every now and then, the telltale sweep of the pitch-bend wheel flicks upward like a fast-rising tide and then, after a minute or two, falls back into place.—
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Tracy’s script skewers the hollow moral language of powerful corporate elites like Stone’s character, while also probing the anger and alienation driving Teddy and Don, treating their bonkers beliefs with both satire and unsettling flashes of emotional truth.—
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Those flickers or flashes were used to show intrusive thoughts or moments of wonder.—
Cite this Entry
“Eruptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eruptions. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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