Erupt - Definition

v 1: start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former
East Bloc" [syn: erupt, break out]
2: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country";
"Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a
burst of patriotism" [syn: erupt, irrupt, flare up,
flare, break open, burst out]
3: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust,
conflagrate]
4: break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" [syn:
erupt, come out, break through, push through]
5: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts
once in a while" [syn: erupt, belch, extravasate]
6: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: break,
burst, erupt]
7: appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had
touched the exotic plant"
8: become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks
out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
[syn: erupt, recrudesce, break out]