Definition of Eruption

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Eruption

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.

That which bursts forth.

A violent exclamation; ejaculation.

The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.

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Eruption Quotations

The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself.
Raoul Vaneigem

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It's astonishing. It pours out of him.
Stephen Greenblatt

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
Fisher Ames

Eruption Translations

eruption in French is tir par rafales
eruption in German is Ausbruch {m}
eruption in Italian is esplosione
eruption in Norwegian is utbrudd
eruption in Swedish is utslag, utbrott

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