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Plinian eruption

DEFINITIONS OF: Plinian eruption

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n a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles

Type of:
eruption, volcanic eruption
the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
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