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Meanings of erupt in English

Portuguese
chamejar
Catalan
encendre
Spanish
estallar

Erupt or intensify suddenly.

        chamejar
        Portuguese
        começar a queimar
        Catalan
        abrandar
        Spanish
        encender

        Start to burn or burst into flames.

              começar a queimar
              Catalan
              sortir
              Spanish
              brotar

              Break out.

                    sortir
                    Portuguese
                    entrar em erupção
                    Catalan
                    fer erupció

                    Become active and spew forth lava and rocks.

                          entrar em erupção
                          Usage of erupt in English
                          1
                          But regular protests continue to erupt against unemployment, poverty and official corruption.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          Read: Protests erupt in Soweto and JHB South, major traffic disruptions reported
                          The South African
                          3
                          The debate grew so heated that it appeared war could erupt again.
                          The Black Experience in America
                          4
                          Similar funding conflicts are set to erupt at campuses across the UK.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          It means that you know that something can erupt at any moment.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          If everything else fails we cannot stand back and watch violence erupt.
                          The Irish Times
                          7
                          Or a meteor causes the volcanoes to erupt and change the weather.
                          The Lost World
                          8
                          All day long, it had been building and swelling, clamoring to erupt.
                          Table for five
                          9
                          Bidding wars may erupt in the room and over the telephone lines.
                          BBC
                          10
                          We suspect this feud will erupt again just in time for Christmas.
                          Wired
                          11
                          I thought it was going to erupt and give us the benefit.
                          The Jolliest School of All
                          12
                          It's a live volcano, you know, that might erupt at any time.
                          Radio NZ
                          13
                          A few onlookers saw the brawl erupt and called to their fellows.
                          Gladiatrix
                          14
                          Somehow this caused loud thumping noises to erupt in the hall outside.
                          Quicksilver
                          15
                          Remember, when volcanic eruptions occur, very rarely does all the magma erupt.
                          Wired
                          16
                          As old trouble spots cool down, new ones are inclined to erupt.
                          The Irish Times
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                          Translations for erupt
                          Erupt through the time
                          Erupt across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Less common