Erupt

[v] become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
[v] erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"
[v] become raw or open; as of skin eruptions; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
[v] start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
[v] appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
[v] as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
[v] force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
[v] become suddenly excited or angry; "She flares up easily"
[v] start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

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Synonyms

belch, break, break open, break out, burst, burst out, catch fire, combust, conflagrate, extravasate, flare, flare, flare up, flare up, ignite, recrudesce, take fire

Related Terms

appear, arise, bail out, be born, be brought down, be felled, be struck down, be traumatized, become, belch, blow open, blow out, blow up, bob up, boil, break cover, break forth, break out, break through, burst forth, burst out, cast forth, cast up, catch