Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to erupt
Participle: erupted
Gerund: erupting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | erupt |
| you | erupt |
| he;she;it | erupts |
| we | erupt |
| you | erupt |
| they | erupt |
Perfect
| I | have erupted |
| you | have erupted |
| he;she;it | has erupted |
| we | have erupted |
| you | have erupted |
| they | have erupted |
Past
| I | erupted |
| you | erupted |
| he;she;it | erupted |
| we | erupted |
| you | erupted |
| they | erupted |
Pluperfect
| I | had erupted |
| you | had erupted |
| he;she;it | had erupted |
| we | had erupted |
| you | had erupted |
| they | had erupted |
Future
| I | will erupt |
| you | will erupt |
| he;she;it | will erupt |
| we | will erupt |
| you | will erupt |
| they | will erupt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have erupted |
| you | will have erupted |
| he;she;it | will have erupted |
| we | will have erupted |
| you | will have erupted |
| they | will have erupted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | erupt |
| you | erupt |
| he;she;it | erupt |
| we | erupt |
| you | erupt |
| they | erupt |
Perfect
| I | have erupted |
| you | have erupted |
| he;she;it | have erupted |
| we | have erupted |
| you | have erupted |
| they | have erupted |
Imperfect
| I | erupted |
| you | erupted |
| he;she;it | erupted |
| we | erupted |
| you | erupted |
| they | erupted |
Pluperfect
| I | had erupted |
| you | had erupted |
| he;she;it | had erupted |
| we | had erupted |
| you | had erupted |
| they | had erupted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would erupt |
| you | would erupt |
| he;she;it | would erupt |
| we | would erupt |
| you | would erupt |
| they | would erupt |
Perfect
| I | would have erupted |
| you | would have erupted |
| he;she;it | would have erupted |
| we | would have erupted |
| you | would have erupted |
| they | would have erupted |
Imperative
| you | erupt |
| we | Let's erupt |
| you | erupt |
Verbs conjugated like 'erupt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'erupt'
eruct,
abrupt,
bruit,
brunt,
brut,
cruft,
crust,
erect,
ergat,
ert,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to regurgitate the contents of a stomach
- bait, be sick, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, cast up one's accounts, chunder, disgorge, drive the porcelain bus, gag, heave, honk, hurl, launch one's lunch, puke, puke up, purge, ralph, regurge, regurgitate, retch, sick up, spew, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, vomit, yak
- explode
- eject, emit, blast, eruct
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin eruptus, past participle of ērumpō (“to break out (of), to burst out (from)”), from e (“out”) + rumpō (“to break”).
Sample Sentences
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The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area.
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The third molar tooth erupts late in most people, and sometimes does not appear at all.
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The crowd erupted in anger.
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The whole table erupted in laughter.
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And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside. [2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC]
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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. [2012 January 26, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:]
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After particularly good seasons, flocks "erupt" from their breeding grounds and appear in reed beds where they have not been seen for years, if ever. [1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 242:]