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eruptive

DEFINITIONS OF: eruptive

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adj producing or characterized by eruptions

“an eruptive disease”

adj produced by the action of fire or intense heat

Synonyms:
igneous
Antonyms:
aqueous, sedimentary
produced by the action of water

adj actively spewing out lava

“a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring”
Synonyms
active
(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
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