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ERUPTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Actively spewing out lava
Example:
a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring
Classified under:
Similar:
active ((of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt)
Derivation:
erupt (become raw or open)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Produced by the action of fire or intense heat
Example:
rocks formed by igneous agents
Synonyms:
eruptive; igneous
Classified under:
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Producing or characterized by eruptions
Example:
an eruptive disease
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
eruption (symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible)
