Definitions

extrusive

[ik-stroo-siv, -ziv] / ɪkˈstru sɪv, -zɪv /

ADJECTIVE

prominent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outstanding

WEAK

arresting beetling bulging easily seen embossed extended eye-catching flashy hanging out hilly in the foreground jutting marked noticeable obtrusive obvious projecting pronounced protruding protrusive protuberant raised relieved remarkable rough rugged salient shooting out signal standing out striking to the fore unmistakable

Antonyms

WEAK

depressed inconspicuous invisible obscure obscured ordinary sunken

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What are the reasons that whenever elective and prescribed studies are mixed, an extrusive force regularly appears in the elective?

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Deposits formed at shallow depths are related to extrusive rocks and to intrusives near the surface.

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Thus, granite is an igneous, intrusive rock; lava is an igneous, extrusive rock.

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In the Republics of France and of America the President is of an extrusive kind.

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When magmas reach the surface red hot, they form extrusive rocks, such as volcanic rocks.

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