noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dormant volcano
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a huge dormant volcano
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dormant
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The term dormant volcano is applied during the period between eruptions to those volcanoes thought to be potentially active.
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They lie, as dormant as their volcano , stacked up ledge upon ledge.
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The site chosen for the painting is a view across the bays of the dormant volcano Rangitoto which dominates Auckland's skyline.
extinct
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The island is actually the summit of a huge, extinct volcano .
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Even mightier in the background is the extinct volcano of Arthur's Seat.
■ VERB
erupt
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Household items allow the junior magician to make an erupting volcano and camera obscura, hypnotise books and see water flow uphill.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He is like the Roman sentry who stayed at his post when the volcano erupted and poured lava over him.
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He might be tempted to blame these fluctuations on the sun or a volcano .
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He spends the night on the volcano , eating beans and tortillas and sleeping in subfreezing temperatures.
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On the left is a Recent volcano , and on the right the Barrier volcano, with Lake Turkana in the distance.
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Rusty, who has done some research on the island, assures his companions that the volcano is safe.
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They had the shattering, overwhelming strength of earthquake and hurricane and volcano .
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Unable to see beneath a volcano , researchers can only theorize about what causes the pulsing tremors they hear within it.