erupt Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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