Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eruption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eruption \E*rup"tion\, n. [L. eruptio, fr. erumpere, eruptum, to
break out; e out + rumpere, to break: cf. F. ['e]ruption. See
{Rupture}.]
1. The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as:
(a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from
a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.
(b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed
men from one country to another. --Milton.
(c) A violent commotion.
All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh
strength for the next day's eruption. --W.
Irving.
2. That which bursts forth.
3. A violent exclamation; ejaculation.
He would . . . break out into bitter and passionate
eruditions. --Sir H.
Wotton.
4. (Med.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence,
as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eruption
n 1: the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and
volcanic material [syn: {volcanic eruption}]
2: symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible
3: (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava [syn: {eructation}]
4: a sudden very loud noise [syn: {bang}, {blowup}, {clap}, {blast},
{loud noise}]
5: the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
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