Definitions for eruption

eruption e·rup·tion

Spelling: [ih-ruhp-shuh n]
IPA: /ɪˈrʌp ʃən/

Eruption is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 364 anagrams from letters in eruption (einoprtu).

Definitions for eruption

noun

  1. an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
  2. Geology. the ejection of molten rock, steam, etc., as from a volcano or geyser.
  3. something that is erupted or ejected, as molten rock, volcanic ash, or steam.
  4. Pathology. the breaking out of a rash or the like. a rash or exanthem.

Origin of eruption

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin ēruptiōn- (stem of ēruptiō). See erupt, -ion

Examples for eruption

Evidently masons were at work there when the eruption stopped them.

He can tell when there is going to be an eruption, and always notifies the people.

The animals are supposedly evacuating themselves in anticipation of an eruption at the park, which sits on a huge volcanic system.

If the eruption lasts for years, will we be in a new giant game of weather roulette?

The rage that Marvin has embodied, a man on the edge of eruption, is always a badly wounded man.

As before, the valley yawned like the living threat of a volcano in eruption.

Gillibrand exclaims, punctuating her eruption with a brisk swat to my kneecap.

They know they're doomed, for every few days there's an eruption now.

Or suppose we take the other theory, that it is an eruption from some sun, ours or another.

Economists will long debate the macro-economic effects of this eruption of federal funds.

Word Value for eruption
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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