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| 1. | [ verb ] start abruptly | |
| Synonyms: | break_out | |
| Examples: | "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" |
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| Related terms: | begin | |
| 2. | [ verb ] erupt or intensify suddenly | |
| Synonyms: | flare_up burst_out break_open irrupt flare | |
| Examples: | "Unrest erupted in the country" "Tempers flared at the meeting" "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" |
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| Related terms: | intensify outburst | |
| 3. | [ verb ] start to burn or burst into flames | |
| Synonyms: | catch_fire ignite conflagrate combust take_fire | |
| Examples: | "Marsh gases ignited suddenly" "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" |
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| Related terms: | change_state light_up catch blow_out burn ignition | |
| 4. | [ verb ] as of teeth, for example | |
| Synonyms: | push_through break_through come_out | |
| Examples: | "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" |
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| Related terms: | appear dehisce flare eruption | |
| 5. | [ verb ] become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes | |
| Synonyms: | extravasate belch | |
| Examples: | "Vesuvius erupts once in a while" |
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| Related terms: | explode eruption | |
| 6. | [ verb ] become suddenly excited or angry | |
| Synonyms: | flare flare_up | |
| Examples: | "She flares up easily" |
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| Related terms: | appear | |
| 7. | [ verb ] force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | |
| Synonyms: | burst break | |
| Examples: | "break into tears" "erupt in anger" |
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| Related terms: | express_emotion | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (medicine) become raw or open; as of skin eruptions | |
| Synonyms: | break_out recrudesce | |
| Examples: | "He broke out in hives" "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries" "Such boils tend to recrudesce" |
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| Related terms: | afflict | |
| Similar spelling: |
eruptive eruption erupting |
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