eruption
/ɪˈɹʌpʃən/ noun B2- A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano. · a volcanic eruption
- A sudden release of pressure or tension. · There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.
- An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.
- An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
Plural eruptions
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A small garden sprinkled over with a scattered eruption of sickly plants separated each of these houses from the street, and was traversed by a narrow pathway, yellowish in colour, and consisting apparently of a mixture of clay and of gravel.
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