eruption

Definition of eruption

e`rup´tion
n.1.The act of breaking out or bursting forth;
All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption.
- W. Irving.
2.That which bursts forth.
3.A violent exclamation; ejaculation.
He would . . . break out into bitter and passionate eruditions.
- Sir H. Wotton.
4.(Med.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.

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