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Meanings of erupt in English
Synonyms
Examples for "ignite"
Examples for "ignite"
1
However, we must not do anything that would ignite a clan war.
2
In no specific order, here are 15 pictures to ignite your wanderlust.
3
Even a minuscule amount of allergen can immediately ignite another inflammatory response.
4
For an anxious moment it seemed as if neither engine would ignite.
5
In other words, I wantonly ignite barns that belong to other people.
1
When that happens, two materials are brought together and they spontaneously combust.
2
My heart was a trip-hammer and I thought my lungs would combust.
3
I would spontaneously combust with enthusiasm every time I entered a classroom.
4
If I didn't have sex for another day, would I spontaneously combust?
5
There was a risk this could cause the coal inside to combust.
1
The plastic paper behind the stove is dangerous and might catch fire.
2
But Arendse appeared wary of allowing the smouldering issue to catch fire.
3
Despite Ford's progress, Lincoln has failed to catch fire with younger consumers.
4
Lithium-ion batteries can catch fire if they are involved in an impact.
5
They're just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction.
1
Suppose the whole should take fire to-night and burn to the ground.
2
Alcohol, ether, benzol, spirit of turpentine, and petroleum take fire on contact.
3
She was of a slow temper, however, and did not take fire.
4
Can a Man take fire into his Bosom and not be burnd?
5
Bittorf, at Manheim, saw his paper balloon take fire in the air!
1
A second one and you'll conflagrate.
2
The pod blew, its payload conflagrating in an apocalypse instant, and it plummetted in a smoke-described arc.
Portuguese
entrar em erupção Catalan
fer erupció Usage of erupt in English
1
But regular protests continue to erupt against unemployment, poverty and official corruption.
2
Read: Protests erupt in Soweto and JHB South, major traffic disruptions reported
3
The debate grew so heated that it appeared war could erupt again.
4
Similar funding conflicts are set to erupt at campuses across the UK.
5
It means that you know that something can erupt at any moment.
6
If everything else fails we cannot stand back and watch violence erupt.
7
Or a meteor causes the volcanoes to erupt and change the weather.
8
All day long, it had been building and swelling, clamoring to erupt.
9
Bidding wars may erupt in the room and over the telephone lines.
10
We suspect this feud will erupt again just in time for Christmas.
11
I thought it was going to erupt and give us the benefit.
12
It's a live volcano, you know, that might erupt at any time.
13
A few onlookers saw the brawl erupt and called to their fellows.
14
Somehow this caused loud thumping noises to erupt in the hall outside.
15
Remember, when volcanic eruptions occur, very rarely does all the magma erupt.
16
As old trouble spots cool down, new ones are inclined to erupt.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common