eruptive

Speech parts

1. eruptive - Noun

2. eruptive - Adjective

3. eruptive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Breaking out or bursting forth.

Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.

Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.

An eruptive rock.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

igneous active stormy violent sensitive unstable explosive tense eruption volatile barge fiery frenzied meteoric convulsive
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Antonyms

stoic placid cold static peaceful aqueous
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Phrases with the word

eruptive disease eruptive fever

Examples

a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring Source: Internet

rocks formed by igneous agents Source: Internet

an eruptive disease Source: Internet

At the end of this eruptive phase, an island circled by reefs was formed, its marine vestiges are evident in a calcareous layer in the area of Lameiros, in São Vicente (which was later explored for calcium oxide production). Source: Internet

Each eruption is part of an eruptive cycle that climaxes with the partial collapse of the roof of the volcano's partially emptied magma chamber. Source: Internet

Instead, they advance by eruptive waves, where hemispherical bulges appear from the front margin of the cell, which is clear. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

eruption eruption column eruptional eruptive disease eruptive fever eruptively