eruptive
- adjective
- /ɪˈrʌptɪv/
- Specialized
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eruptivo
- Will an eruptive solar event be benign or deadly for space instruments and astronauts alike?
- eruptive diseases
Examples
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A mere two weeks had passed since his death, and the house seemed swollen and randomly eruptive.
Fiction book (1996) -
Solar eruptive events, G. D. Holman (ART) APR 56
Academic text (2012) -
The improper diet led to an unidentified eruptive disease among the captives.
Academic text (1998) -
Subsequent historians wrote according to what Trouillot calls guild practices, which silenced the rebellion's eruptive force.
Academic text (1997) -
Dal Niente showcases Israeli composer's eruptive music.
Blog text (5) -
And he tried to identify whether there were any sort of feasible eruptive scenarios, you know, as opposed to sort of a seep, a slow seep that would come out.
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Eruptive urban growth had long since spilled past them and flooded the valleys beyond to bury farmland, swallow rural communities, and engulf remnant woods.
Fiction book (2000) -
Comets may be best known by the public, but news also concerns minor planets, novae and supernovae, pulsars, eruptive variables, new X-ray sources, gamma-ray bursters, etc.
Academic text (2000) -
The eruptive nature of the volcano surprised the scientists during their research trip.
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The eruptive mood in the meeting quickly escalated as people voiced their frustrations.
Synonyms
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Able to burst or cause a sudden violent outburst
Relating to a sudden violent outburst like a volcano or geyser
How Eruptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eruptive comes from the Latin verb erumpere, made of e- 'out' and rumpere 'break', which means 'break out'. A helpful picture is a rash that suddenly 'breaks out', so eruptive describes things that appear or happen suddenly.