erupted

verb

Definition of eruptednext
past tense of erupt
1
as in ejected
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the volcano erupted clouds of poisonous gas and tons of hot ash

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2
as in exploded
to develop suddenly and violently a fire erupted, and flames soon engulfed the room

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Recent Examples of erupted His audience erupted into loud boos. — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025 This active volcano is considered Central America's youngest, having first appeared in 1850 and erupted dozens of times since. — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025 Phone lines of senators and representatives erupted minutes after the Washington Post scoop appeared. — Martin Schram, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erupted
  1. ejected
  2. exploded
  3. expelled
  4. spat
  5. emitted
  6. spit
Verb
  • Torres was ruled out and the fans were ejected and later banned from attending any MLB games.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Security came down to address Whalen, but he wasn’t ejected from the game.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of ejected
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  • First, the report represents billions of dollars in AI funding in dots, and shows visually how the field exploded in the last 10 years.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The house that exploded is completely destroyed.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of exploded
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  • Oklahoma State expelled Hill, and the NFL banned him from its scouting combine.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of expelled
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  • The first is that when U.S. soldiers returned from the war there, protesters spat upon them in disdain.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2016
  • The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
Definition of spat
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  • Creating a hygge lighting scheme Hygge light is warm, comfortable, and similar to that emitted by candles (a staple of hygge interiors).
    — Ana Morales, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Success is typically measured in terms of metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted, kilowatt-hours of energy used, and percentage of energy consumed from renewable sources.
    — Arlene Blum, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of emitted
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  • Instead, the meats are cooked on spits off-site and loaded onto the truck.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The direct-to-consumer business model is fairly straightforward: A consumer orders a genetic test kit online, spits into a tube that comes in the mail, returns it to the company and accesses their results in an online portal.
    — Kayte Spector-Bagdady, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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