erupt (
http://definr.com/erupt)
v 1: start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former
East Bloc" [syn:
break out]
2: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the
country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting" [syn:
flare up,
flare,
break open,
burst out]
3: start to burn; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly." [syn:
ignite,
catch fire,
take fire]
4: as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be
extracted" [syn:
come out,
break through, {push
through}]
5: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes;
"Vesuvius erupts once in a while" [syn:
belch]
6: become suddenly excited or angry; "She flares up easily"
[syn:
flare,
flare up]
7: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn:
break,
burst]
8: become raw or open; as of skin eruptions; "He broke out in
hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries";
"Such boils tend to recrudesce" [syn:
recrudesce, {break
out}]