eruption

Definition

A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.

Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.

Example Sentences

• "a volcanic eruption"
• "There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle."
• "Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"?"