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ERUPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("eruption" is a kind of...):
egress; emergence; issue (the becoming visible)
Derivation:
erupt (break out)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sudden very loud noise
Synonyms:
bam; bang; blast; clap; eruption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("eruption" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eruption"):
water hammer (the banging sound of steam in pipes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
Example:
the outbreak of hostilities
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("eruption" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eruption"):
epidemic (a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time)
recrudescence (a return of something after a period of abatement)
Derivation:
erupt (erupt or intensify suddenly)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
Synonyms:
eruption; volcanic eruption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("eruption" is a kind of...):
discharge (the sudden giving off of energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eruption"):
Plinian eruption (a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles)
Derivation:
erupt (become active and spew forth lava and rocks)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
Synonyms:
eructation; eruption; extravasation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("eruption" is a kind of...):
action; activeness; activity (the state of being active)
Domain category:
vent; volcano (a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt)
Derivation:
erupt (become active and spew forth lava and rocks)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("eruption" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eruption"):
eczema vaccinatum; Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles)
enanthem; enanthema (eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease)
exanthem; exanthema; skin eruption (eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease)
efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash (any red eruption of the skin)
Context examples:
The eruptions are usually generalized, affecting chiefly the trunk, and the course is often self-limiting.
(Pityriasis Rosea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Skin eruption consisting of papules and pustules, most often appearing in the face, scalp, and upper trunk.
(Papulopustular Rash, NCI Thesaurus)
A red or violaceous flat-topped, papular eruption that is induced by exposure to a variety of medications or environmental agents.
(Lichenoid Drug Eruption, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by Burkholderia mallei and characterized by ulceration of the respiratory mucosa and an eruption of nodules on the skin.
(Glanders, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is characterized by intense otalgia and a cutaneous vesicular eruption.
(Herpes Zoster Oticus, NCI Thesaurus)
Curtain eruptions occur on Earth where molten rock, or magma, gushes out of a deep fracture.
(Saturn Moon's Activity Could Be 'Curtain Eruptions', NASA)
This is a phase when such eruptions on the sun are increasingly rare, but history has shown that they can nonetheless be intense.
(Two Significant Solar Flares Imaged by NASA's SDO, NASA)
A similar volcanic eruption in Alaska in 2008 was found to be associated with an increase in the local salmon population.
(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)
Iceland specialises in this type of eruption – the last example occurred in 2015, and it affected air quality 1400 kilometres away in Ireland.
(Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity, University of Cambridge)
I'll partake of no one's hospitality, until I have—a—moved Mount Vesuvius—to eruption—on—a—the abandoned rascal—HEEP!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
