erupt

Verbs

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

Synonyms

break out flare up irrupt break open burst out flare catch fire take fire combust conflagrate ignite push through break through come out belch extravasate burst break recrudesce

Words of close approximity

Eruca eruct
eruption eruptive