Eruption Meaning
/ɪˈɹʌpʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
nounA sudden release of pressure or tension.
Sentence Examples
Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
The volcanic eruption threatened the village.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden ____ of the volcano forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The violent ____ sent ash and smoke thousands of feet into the atmosphere.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"?"
— 1976 December 18, Rudy Kikel, “The Doomsday Book by the Jewish Comedian”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 15:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden ____ of the volcano forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The violent ____ sent ash and smoke thousands of feet into the atmosphere.