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eruption

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The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.

That which bursts forth.

A violent exclamation; ejaculation.

The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.

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the outbreak of hostilities Source: Internet

2007 eruption Beginning in early January 2007, the Klyuchevskaya volcano began another eruption cycle. Source: Internet

According to this theory, the catastrophic loss of the political, administrative and economic centre by the eruption as well as the damage wrought by the tsunami to the coastal towns and villages of Crete precipitated the decline of the Minoans. Source: Internet

A few times since 1944, landslides in the crater have raised clouds of ash dust, raising false alarms of an eruption. Source: Internet

After the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883, a remarkable series of red sunsets appeared worldwide. Source: Internet

An eruption from Sherman Crater 6,600 years ago erupted a blanket of ash that extended more than convert to the east. Source: Internet

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