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Eruption   /ˌɪrˈəpʃən/   Listen
noun
eruption  n.  
1.
The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as:
(a)
A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano or a fissure in the earth's crust.
(b)
A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another.
(c)
A violent commotion. "All Paris was quiet... to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption."
2.
That which bursts forth.
3.
A violent exclamation; ejaculation. "He would... break out into bitter and passionate eruditions."
4.
(Med.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.






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"Eruption" Quotes from Famous Books



... never be washed when heated from exercise. Wipe the perspiration from the skin, and wait until it is sufficiently cool before you bathe, even with warm water. Rain-water is best for the bath. In case of any eruption upon the skin, no time should be lost in procuring medical advice. He who doctors himself, says the proverb, has a fool ...
— Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society • Sarah Annie Frost

... Alt-Deutsch Verband issued a pamphlet and sent it broadcast throughout Germany. In the meantime the Chancellor and the Government realised that unless something was done to combat these secret forces which were undermining the Government's influence, that there would be an eruption in Germany which might ...
— Germany, The Next Republic? • Carl W. Ackerman

... with the most beautiful of combs and brushes attached to her wrists, no time is wasted in the toilet-room. Besides keeping themselves strictly clean, the workers must also keep their houses and gardens in faultless order, for the sake of the children. Nothing less than an earthquake, an eruption, an inundation, or a desperate war, is allowed to interrupt the daily routine of dusting, sweeping, ...
— Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things • Lafcadio Hearn

... extensive house surrounding a cloister or court; and the House of Livia, so-called, on the Palatine Hill, the walls and decorations of which are excellently preserved. The typical Roman house in a provincial town is best illustrated by the ruins of Pompeii and Herculanum, which, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., have been partially excavated since 1721. The Pompeiian house (Fig. 65) consisted of several courts or atria, some of which were surrounded by colonnades and called peristyles. The front portion was reserved for shops, or presented to the street a ...
— A Text-Book of the History of Architecture - Seventh Edition, revised • Alfred D. F. Hamlin

... An eruption took place on the morning of last March 22nd. An eye-witness writes "the cone of the mountain puts you in mind of an immense piece of artillery, firing red-hot stones, and ashes, and smoke into the atmosphere; or, of a huge animal in pain, groaning;, crying, and vomiting; ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume XII. F, No. 325, August 2, 1828. • Various


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