eruption
Example Sentences
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Volcanic eruptions that look like single events are often the visible outcome of slow, complicated activity taking place deep underground.
From Science Daily
While visitors once flocked to the town to enjoy its hot springs, the eruption of Mount Usu in 1977 brought tourism in the area to an abrupt halt.
From Barron's
Scientists have since established that the degradation of the island was in fact gradual, taking centuries, caused largely by drought, volcanic eruptions and the arrival of the Polynesian rat.
The islands form the rim of a caldera created by a massive eruption around 3,600 years ago.
From Science Daily
“Is there going to be an eruption?” the forecaster asked.
From Literature
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