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as in ejects
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the volcano erupted clouds of poisonous gas and tons of hot ash
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as in explodes
to develop suddenly and violently
a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room
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Recent Examples of erupts
Gunfire erupts The federal agent standing to the front-left of the vehicle pulls out his gun.
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Chris Looft, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
However, the birth of Viserys' son, Daemon (Matt Smith), erupts tensions that will ultimately cause the brutal war of succession known as the Dance of the Dragons.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
In March, the city erupts for Las Fallas, Valencia’s biggest festival, a riotous display of bonfires, fireworks, and parades honoring Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Rewarded as Styles takes the stage wearing a shimmering golden two-piece, the crowd erupts in applause and cheers.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
After Momo saves Okarun from bullies, an argument erupts between the ghost-believing Momo and the alien-believing Okarun.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Chief among those elements, and chief among the Mangkwan themselves, is a sky-scraping cosmic domme by the name of Varang (Oona Chaplin, going all out), who erupts into this movie with a head full of fire and a power kink that literally brings Quaritch to his knees.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Video footage released on social media shows an object moving at high speed towards the ship moments before the ship erupts into flames.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Dec. 2025
Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Minnesota erupts as Somali leaders gain power without real assimilation.
—FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupts
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If the battery overheats, the system acts like a launcher; sensors trigger a mechanism that ejects it from the vehicle.—
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As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.—
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Mike, Hopper, and everyone else who loves her can only stand there and watch as the bomb goes off and the exotic matter explodes.—
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But if the geological plumbing is clogged, perhaps by silica minerals or rock debris, the pressure can build until the water explodes, vaporizing into steam and shooting boiling water, mud, rocks, and other debris into the air.—
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Solar particle party During a coronal mass ejection, the sun expels billions of tons of material, some of which travels toward our planet.—
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The Heat would avoid that payment, and subsequent regular payments, only if Silver voids his contract and expels him from the league.—
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All the while, Combs spits a few bars in a distorted baritone about his late mother’s passing.—
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The site spits back a raft of possibilities.—
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The Frost automatically determines the length of time the cycle should run and emits a beep when finished.—
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This emits massive amounts of electromagnetic radiation out into space and towards our planet.—
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Four belches on the U-T five-belch meter.—
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Her old garbage disposal is still in place and frequently belches waste back into the sink.—
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Water suddenly pours over the basalt cliffs, plunging into the glassy, almost perfectly circular pool below.—
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Drake Been pours in 25 points for Lincoln-Way West in 57-50 win over Lincoln-Way East and also scores 22 points in 66-59 victory over Argo.—
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“Erupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupts. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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