erupt
Verbs
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(v) start abruptly
- After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc
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(v) erupt or intensify suddenly
- Unrest erupted in the country
- Tempers flared at the meeting
- The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
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(v) start to burn or burst into flames
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
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(v) break out
- The tooth erupted and had to be extracted
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(v) become active and spew forth lava and rocks
- Vesuvius erupts once in a while
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(v) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- break into tears
- erupt in anger
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(v) appear on the skin
- A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant
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(v) become raw or open
- He broke out in hives
- My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries
- Such boils tend to recrudesce