erupt

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

erupt UK US [ɪˈrʌpt] verb intransitive [ erupts erupting erupted ]
 
VOLCANO

1. <A > When a volcano erupts, it explodes and flames and rocks come out of it
• Since the volcano last erupted, many houses have been built in a dangerous position on its slopes.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Exploding and erupting
 
• Inner-city riots erupted when a local man was shot by police.
• Violence erupted in the city on Friday night.
• A big diplomatic row erupted as a result.
• Spontaneous demonstrations erupt almost daily.
• A legal fight has erupted between two of the world's largest oil companies.
 
START SUDDENLY

2. to start suddenly and violently
• At the end of a hot summer, violence erupted in the inner cities.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Starting and beginning ↑Starting again
3. to suddenly express your feelings in a noisy way
• The crowd erupted in applause and cheering.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Expressing and showing feelings
4. If spots erupt on your skin, they suddenly appear
• Two days after he'd been exposed to the substance, a painful rash erupted on his neck.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Appearing and disappearing
Derived: eruption

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  recrudesce, break out, break, burst, belch, extravasate, come out, break through, push through, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out