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Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro.
plutonic
intrusive
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Holocrystalline
plutonic
igneous rocks composed essentially of hornblende are known as hornblendites.
2
New Zealand is, in fact, a formation of recent
plutonic
origin.
3
These cliffs, I may remark, are basaltic, and therefore
plutonic
.
4
Most of them correspond to the
plutonic
diorites, but others more nearly represent the gabbros.
5
As far as the equator this whole seafloor is still under construction by
plutonic
forces.
1
Fact is, gallant little Wales was swamped by
irruptive
Ireland.
2
In the meantime, concern and suspense and
irruptive
wrath had their chief abode in the inner room of Remington and Evans.
irruptive wrath