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Verb erupt has 8 senses
- erupt, break out - start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
--1 is one way to begin, start
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- erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
--2 is one way to intensify, deepen
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- erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
--3 is one way to change state, turn
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- erupt, come out, break through, push through - as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
--4 is one way to appear
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- erupt, belch, extravasate - become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
--5 is one way to explode, burst
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- break, burst, erupt - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
--6 is one way to express emotion, express feelings
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- erupt - appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
--7 is one way to appear
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- erupt, recrudesce, break out - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
--8 is one way to afflict, trouble, ail, pain
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