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| Main Entry: |
eruption
[ih-ruhp-shuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ejection |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow-up, breakout, burst, discharge, explosion, flare-up, flow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting, vomiting |
| Notes: | eruption is breaking out; irruption is breaking in |
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | torrent |
| Synonyms: | blast, burst, eruption, flare-up, flash, fury, outbreak, outburst, rush, storm |
| Main Entry: | blotch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smudge |
| Synonyms: | acne, blemish, blot, breakout, eruption, mark, mottling, patch, splash, spot, stain, stigma |
| Antonyms: | blank, clarity, cleanness |
| Main Entry: | blowout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion; something exploded |
| Synonyms: | blast, break, burst, detonation, eruption, escape, flat tire, leak, puncture, rupture, tear |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, big scene, big stink, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flare-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden outbreak |
| Synonyms: | blowup, epidemic, eruption, explosion, gush, outburst, rise |
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
| Synonyms: | babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, sonance, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, uproariousness, yelling, yelp |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
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