Eruptive

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bursting forth; of the nature of or like an eruption.
  • In pathology, attended with a breaking out or eruption; accompanied with an eruption or rash: as, an eruptive fever.
  • In geology, produced by eruption: as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.
  • noun. In geology, a rock or mineral produced by eruption.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An eruptive rock.
  • adjective. Breaking out or bursting forth.
  • adjective. Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it.
  • adjective. Produced by eruption.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. That erupts
  • adjective. That is accompanied by eruptions
  • adjective. Produced by eruption
  • noun. An eruptive rock
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  • adjective. actively spewing out lava
  • adjective. producing or characterized by eruptions
  • adjective. produced by the action of fire or intense heat
  • Word Usage
    "Long-term eruptive activity at a submarine arc volcano."
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    active  
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