Verb erupt has 8 senses
  1. erupt, break out - start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
    --1 is one way to begin, start
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
    --2 is one way to intensify, deepen
    Derived form: noun eruption4
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
    --3 is one way to change state, turn
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. erupt, come out, break through, push through - as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
    --4 is one way to appear
    Derived form: noun eruption6
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. erupt, belch, extravasate - become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
    --5 is one way to explode, burst
    Derived forms: noun eruption3, noun eruption1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  6. break, burst, erupt - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
    --6 is one way to express emotion, express feelings
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  7. erupt - appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
    --7 is one way to
    appear
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  8. erupt, recrudesce, break out - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
    --8 is one way to afflict, trouble, ail, pain
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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