Unscramble erupt

Definition of erupt

verb:

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

Related words

catch, dehisce.

Words nearby

eruct.

Rhymes with

abrupt, corrupt, disrupt, interrupt.