verb : ERUPT
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" ;
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2. (
) erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" ;
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3. (
) start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" ;
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4. (
) break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" ;
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5. (
) become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while" ;
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7. (
) appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant" ;
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8. (
) become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" ;
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