1
as in explosions
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
a great eruption of glee as it suddenly dawned on her that she had won
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as in firings
the act or an instance of exploding
the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa was one of the most violent in global history
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Recent Examples of eruptions
Particularly when coupled with popular in-office treatments, these aggressive protocols exacerbated chronically sensitive complexions that were prone to prone to redness, textural irregularities and eruptions.
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Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Solar flares can lead to coronal mass ejections—or eruptions of solar material—which are known to cause Northern Lights sightings, and a pair of CMEs is expected to affect Earth between Friday and Sunday.
—Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Eventually, the combination of a large telescope and a global field of view is needed to measure all of the three-dimensional twists behind solar eruptions.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Solar flares can lead to coronal mass ejections—or eruptions of solar material—which are known to cause Northern Lights sightings, and a pair of CMEs is expected to affect Earth between Friday and Sunday.
—Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Eventually, the combination of a large telescope and a global field of view is needed to measure all of the three-dimensional twists behind solar eruptions.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Eruptions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eruptions. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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