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Eruption
Example Sentences
Main Entry:
e·rup·tion
[
ih-
ruhp
-sh
uh
n
]
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ɪˈrʌp
ʃən
/
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Eruption
Main Entry:
eruption
Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
eruption
Part of Speech:
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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Example Sentences
The eruption came from the old summit crater and a vent on a north side of the peak.
Those sobs were an eruption of humanity in what was supposed to be an impersonal interaction.
But in retrospect, the eruption can be seen to exemplify certain truths about climate change.
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The eruption came from the old summit crater and a vent on a north side of the peak.
Those sobs were an eruption of humanity in what was supposed to be an impersonal interaction.
But in retrospect, the eruption can be seen to exemplify certain truths about climate change.
The resort town was forced to close its airport due to the weekend eruption.
The character of an eruption is based on the prehistoric and historic record of the volcano in question and its volcanic products.
It started underneath a glacier nearby the first eruption.
The rioting seemed primarily an eruption of ethnic hatred.
Mysterious scrolls found beneath the lava and ash of an ancient volcanic eruption have begun to give up their secrets.
Unfortunately for the region's inhabitants, however, it can't help predict when the next eruption will occur.
Peru, yesterday, ending a four-month hostage stalemate in an eruption of smoke and gunfire.
Experts believe a major eruption could come at any time.
Volcanic activity can spawn earthquakes or result in the release of steam or other gases before an eruption even occurs.
But researchers speculate that they may have been trying to escape a volcanic eruption.
The main purpose of the monitoring is to learn when new magma is rising in the volcano that could lead to an eruption.
Agriculture has fueled the eruption of human civilization.
It seems human,chimp and other ape populations would have been similarly impacted by such an eruption.
The collapse of the volcano would certainly affect human habitation in the area, depending on the kind of eruption and seismicity.
Condition favorable for human life could vanish on this planet with one big comet or the eruption of one mega volcanoe.
Add to this the eruption of sanguinous fluid when a stake is hammered into their lungs.
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Main Entry:
eruption
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