erupt

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
2. (intransitive) To burst forth; to break out.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
4. (intransitive) (Of birds, insects, etc.) To suddenly appear in a certain region in large numbers.

Synonyms

break out

burst

burst out

explode

combust

catch fire

gush

take fire

come out

ignite

extravasate

blow up

flare

spout

break

belch

irrupt

break open

break through

conflagrate

push through

flare up

burst forth

recrudesce

spray

irritate

spurt

spew

pop

puncture

ralph

run

shoot

sprinkle

spurt out

squirt

swell up

throw up

unleash

unravel

vom

vomit

chuck up

crack open

drive the porcelain bus

flash up noisily

be in eruption

toss one’s cookies

pray to the porcelain god

puke up

Translations

ausbrechen

ξεσπώ

hacer erupción

scoppiare

entrar en erupción

entrar em erupção

entrer en éruption

estallar

انفجر

éclater

κάμνω έκρηξη

apparaître

accendersi

esclatar

إنفجر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈɹʌpt/

Etymology

From Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō (“to break out (of), to burst out (from)”), from e (“out”) + rumpō (“to break”).