volcanic

Speech parts

1. volcanic - Noun

2. volcanic - Adjective

3. volcanic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.

Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vulcanian active stormy hot violent sensitive burning emotional nervous explosive fierce geological volatile furious passionate
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

pacific fireproof good humane kind stable
Show all antonyms

Phrases with the word

volcanic crater glassy volcanic rock volcanic intrusion volcanic stock volcanic eruption twin falls volcanic field

Examples

[In-group exclusivism has] killed more human beings and destroyed more cities and villages than all the epidemics, hurricanes, storms, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions taken together. It has brought upon mankind more suffering than any other catastrophe. Pitirim Sorokin

You in America should trust to that volcanic political instinct which I have divined in you. George Bernard Shaw

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level. Edward Burnett Tylor

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity. Henry Rollins

On the ice flow they grip, cut, twist, break open seeds throwing out the white salt, revive volcanic dreams: unable to satisfy their diminuated lust the allegoric flesh learns the thrill of return. John Carder Bush

Floods and volcanic eruptions, the agency of water and fire, are the chief instruments of devastation on our globe. ...it scarcely requires the passion for the marvelous. Charles Lyell

Close letter words and terms

volcanello volcanian Volcanian Islands volcanic archipelago volcanic ash volcanic bomb