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# erupt

«erupt» in Mova's school dictionary: **for a volcano to burst and throw out lava, ash, rock and gas** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (erupt, erupts, erupted, erupting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To erupt means for a volcano to burst and throw out lava, ash, rock and gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#m1)

2) To erupt means for something to start suddenly and strongly, like a fight, cheers or laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#m2)

3) When teeth erupt, they push up through the gums. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, pupils learn why volcanoes erupt, about lava and magma, and famous eruptions; they often make a model volcano with baking soda and vinegar. In stories and everyday life, crowds erupt in cheers. Phrases: erupt into, erupt with, an eruption.

### examples

- The volcano erupted and lava poured out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#x1)
- Mount Vesuvius erupted long ago and buried Pompeii. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#x2)
- Our model volcano erupted with red foam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#x3)
- The crowd erupted in cheers when we scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#x4)
- A fight erupted in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#x5)
- Her new tooth erupted last week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: erupted. Noun: eruption. Do not confuse with interrupt (to break in when someone is talking) or disrupt. Lava is magma that has come out of the ground.

### In the corpora

- [Bots can hallucinate facts, so every fact in a project must be checked; no volcano has erupted in London.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/14/)
- [Real volcanoes erupt melted rock pushed by hot gases deep underground, not by vinegar and soda.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/12/)
- [A clarifying question asks about one part you did not understand, such as "What does 'erupt' mean?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/50-listening-following-talk-asking-good-questions/13/)
- [Tambora in Indonesia erupted in 1815, the largest eruption in recorded history, killing tens of thousands of people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/7/)
- [An active volcano has erupted in recent times and may erupt again; an extinct volcano is not expected to erupt ever again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «erupt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erupt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.