Associations to the word «Eruptive»

Wiktionary

ERUPTIVE, adjective. That erupts or bursts forth.
ERUPTIVE, adjective. Accompanied by eruptions.
ERUPTIVE, adjective. (geology) Produced by eruption.
ERUPTIVE, noun. An eruptive rock, one produced by eruption.

Dictionary definition

ERUPTIVE, adjective. Producing or characterized by eruptions; "an eruptive disease".
ERUPTIVE, adjective. Produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents".
ERUPTIVE, adjective. Actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring".

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