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1. Start abruptly
   "After 1989, peace erupted in the former East Bloc";
   - break out
    
2. Erupt or intensify suddenly
   "Unrest erupted in the country";
   - irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out
    
3. Start to burn or burst into flames
   "Marsh gases erupted suddenly";
   - ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
    
4. Break out
   "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted";
   - come out, break through, push through
    
5. Become active and spew forth lava and rocks
   "Vesuvius erupts once in a while";
   - belch, extravasate
    
6. Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
   "erupt in anger";
   - break, burst
    
7. Appear on the skin
   "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
    
8. Become raw or open
   "Such boils tend to erupt";
   - recrudesce, break out

Sounds like: err, er, Urt, irrup

Derived forms: erupted, erupting, erupts

See also: recrudesce

Type of: ail, appear, begin, burst, change state, deepen, explode, express emotion, express feelings, intensify, pain, start, trouble, turn

Encyclopedia: Erupt