erupt
/ɪˈɹʌpt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.97 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area."
- "The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all."
- "The crowd erupted in anger."
- "The whole table erupted in laughter."
- "And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside."
- "Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories."
Etymology
From Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō (“to break out (of), to burst out (from)”), from e (“out”) + rumpō (“to break”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *Hrewp-, eruptus