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eruption

noun as in ejection

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At the same time, America has seen an eruption of antisemitism, on the left and more recently on the right.

The star producing the eruption is a red dwarf, which is a much cooler, dimmer, and smaller type of star than the Sun.

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Visually epic, sonically relentless and otherwise fatuous, the film has a dramatic inertia occasionally punctuated by eruptions of utter catastrophe—a series of shocks that leaves you singed, shaken and not much better for it.

Once there, this continental material can power volcanic eruptions for tens of millions of years.

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That is because the Sun is going through an active phase experiencing a number of eruptions, called Coronal Mass Ejections.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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