| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·rupt |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -r pt |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: e·rupt·ed, e·rupt·ing, e·rupts
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode: My neighbor erupted in anger over the noise. 2. To become violently active: The volcano erupted after years of dormancy. 3. To force out or release something, such as steam, with violence or suddenness. 4a. To break through the gums in developing. Used of teeth. b. To appear on the skin. Used of a rash or blemish. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To force out violently. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin  rumpere, rupt- : -, ex-, ex- + rumpere, to break; see reup- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | e·ruptive —ADJECTIVE
e·ruptive·ly —ADVERB
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