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as in to eject
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 to explode
to develop suddenly and violently
a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room
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Recent Examples of erupt
Vicious online rumors once again erupted on social media, with royal critics accusing Kate of either faking her cancer or exaggerating her health crisis to cover up personal difficulties.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Flames erupt from multiple stores in Jersey City, N.J., on Friday as firefighters continue to battle numerous fires around the state.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
The sun just erupted with a powerful X-class solar flare, causing radio blackouts across the Atlantic Ocean.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Its infrared sensors were able to peer past large clouds of dust and gas to capture a grand spectacle of creation, a cluster of blue stars erupting into being.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Flames erupt from multiple stores in Jersey City, N.J., on Friday as firefighters continue to battle numerous fires around the state.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
The sun just erupted with a powerful X-class solar flare, causing radio blackouts across the Atlantic Ocean.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Its infrared sensors were able to peer past large clouds of dust and gas to capture a grand spectacle of creation, a cluster of blue stars erupting into being.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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His win completes one of the most remarkable comebacks in political history, just four years after voters ejected him from the office.Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Consider: Rams star receiver Puka Nacua was ejected for punching a Seahawks player after an interception.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the face of tragedy, the armor protecting her interior fragility comes undone, and the same intense force of will that may or may not have exploded a copper pot or ignited fire to a poster directs itself inward.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The lungs of the people there exploded from the air pressure when the bombs hit; many of them are intact, but look like mannequins.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The school expels him for a year for making a threat of mass violence.Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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But immediately after voting to allow women to be members, the group expelled one who had lurked secretly in their midst for two years.Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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An Uber Eats driver in Florida with a hankering for a late-night snack was allegedly caught nibbling on a customer's order – in front of them – leading to the driver reportedly spitting in the customer's face.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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So they were conceived to have woodchipper mouths that spit out the back.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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Compared to animal leather, Elevate emits 95 percent fewer greenhouse gases, uses 93 percent less water and 72 percent less energy, according to the company’s data.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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On May 18, 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens emitted 1.5 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere while its pyroclastic lava flow incinerated virtually everything within a 230-square-mile radius.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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However, a lot of my activity comes in brief fits and spurts throughout the day.Adrienne So, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
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The propeller spurts into life and the pilots ensuring a smooth takeoff begin their high-speed chase down the tarmac.Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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The Trump campaign has been besieged in the last days of the 2024 election after his New York rally Sunday featured speakers spewing racist and sexist remarks echoing Nazi language, and the Albuquerque, N.M., visit gave the campaign a chance for a visual reset.Russell Contreras, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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The two filed for divorce, again, in August, and have since been spewing blistering words at one another in the public eye.Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Last to enter were the network embeds, disgorged by the campaign’s new Sprinter van.Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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The finished wine rested in the cellars for more than seven years until it was disgorged on Feb. 8.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Erupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erupt. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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