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Verb: extravasate  ik'stra-vu,seyt
  1. Force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel
    "The impact caused the blood to extravasate into the surrounding tissue"
     
  2. Cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth
    "The volcano extravasated lava during the eruption"
     
  3. Become active and spew forth lava and rocks
    "Vesuvius extravasates once in a while";
    - erupt, belch

Derived forms: extravasated, extravasates, extravasating

Type of: burst, explode, exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, squirt, transude

Encyclopedia: Extravasate