transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪrʌpt ]
( erupts, erupting, erupted)
1.
When a volcano erupts , it throws out a lot of hot, melted rock called lava, as well as ash and steam.
The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state...
VERB : V
• erup‧tion
(eruptions)
...the volcanic eruption of Tambora in 1815.
N-VAR : usu with supp
2.
If violence or fighting erupts , it suddenly begins or gets worse in an unexpected, violent way. ( JOURNALISM )
Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day cease-fire...
= break out
VERB : V
• erup‧tion
...this sudden eruption of violence.
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3.
When people in a place suddenly become angry or violent, you can say that they erupt or that the place erupts . ( JOURNALISM )
In Los Angeles, the neighborhood known as Watts erupted into riots...
VERB : V into/in n
4.
You say that someone erupts when they suddenly have a change in mood, usually becoming quite noisy.
Then, without warning, she erupts into laughter...
VERB : V into/in n
• erup‧tion
...an eruption of despair.
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5.
If your skin erupts , sores or spots suddenly appear there.
At the end of the second week, my skin erupted in pimples.
VERB : V in/into n , also V
• erup‧tion
...eruptions of adolescent acne.
N-COUNT : with supp