Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.

    a volcanic eruption

    Eruption, Ausbruch, Vulkanausbruch

    изверже́ниеizveržénije

    ви́верженняvýveržennja, ви́бухvýbux

    (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

  2. (countable, uncountable)A sudden release of pressure or tension.

    There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.

    Ausbruch

    взрывvzryv

    a sudden very loud noise

  3. (countable, uncountable)An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.

  4. (countable, uncountable)An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.

    сыпьsypʹ

Examples

26 sentences
  1. The volcanic eruption threatened the village.

    ruИзвержение вулкана угрожало деревне. — odexed

    deDer Vulkanausbruch bedrohte das Dorf. — MUIRIEL

  2. I have a skin eruption.

    У мене шкірний висип. — brambury

    ruУ меня кожная сыпь. — Hellerick

    deIch habe einen Hautausschlag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The eruption seems to be waning.

  4. The eruption lasted about seven minutes.

    deDer Ausbruch dauerte etwa sieben Minuten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. People suffered heavy losses in the eruptions.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano:
Русский
By meaning 3
violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano:
sudden release of pressure or tension:
infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano:

Origin

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.

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Forms

plural: eruptions
Singulareruption
Pluraleruptions

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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