eruption
pronunciation
How to pronounce eruption in British English:
UK [ɪ'rʌpʃ(ə)n]
How to pronounce eruption in American English:
US [ɪ'rʌpʃ(ə)n]
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- Noun:
- the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
- symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible
- (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
- a sudden very loud noise
- the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
Word Origin
- eruption (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French éruption (14c.) and directly from Latin eruptionem (nominative eruptio) "a breaking out," noun of action from past participle stem of erumpere "break out, burst forth" (see eruption).
Example
- 1. A subsequent minor climax eruption occurred 160000 years ago .
- 2. The last eruption started on march 25 , 2006 .
- 3. This is what happened in the eruption of vesuvius which buried pompeii .
- 4. Neither eruption was unusually powerful .
- 5. Most of the ash is from the powerful early eruption .