| erupt | | |
| v. (change) | 1. break out, erupt | start abruptly.; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" |
| ~ begin, start | have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense.; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" |
| v. (change) | 2. break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt | erupt or intensify suddenly.; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" |
| ~ deepen, intensify | become more intense.; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" |
| v. (weather) | 3. catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire | start to burn or burst into flames.; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ blow out | erupt in an uncontrolled manner.; "The oil well blew out" |
| ~ catch | start burning.; "The fire caught" |
| ~ light up | start to burn with a bright flame.; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up" |
| ~ combust, burn | cause to burn or combust.; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" |
| v. (change) | 4. break through, come out, erupt, push through | break out.; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" |
| ~ dehisce | burst or split open.; "flowers dehisce when they release pollen" |
| ~ appear | come into sight or view.; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| ~ erupt | appear on the skin.; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant" |
| v. (change) | 5. belch, erupt, extravasate | become active and spew forth lava and rocks.; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while" |
| ~ explode, burst | burst outward, usually with noise.; "The champagne bottle exploded" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. break, burst, erupt | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up.; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" |
| ~ express emotion, express feelings | give verbal or other expression to one's feelings. |
| v. (change) | 7. erupt | appear on the skin.; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant" |
| ~ appear | come into sight or view.; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| ~ push through, break through, erupt, come out | break out.; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" |
| v. (change) | 8. break out, erupt, recrudesce | become raw or open.; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" |
| ~ pain, ail, trouble | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed. |
| flare up | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. flare up | ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down.; "the fire flared up and died down once again" |
| ~ ignite, light | cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" |
| ~ kindle, inflame | catch fire.; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles" |
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