| query | If your skin e_____, sores or spots suddenly appear there.If your skin erupts, sores or spots suddenly appear there. At the end of the second week, my skin erupted in pimples. ...eruptions of adolescent acne. ...an unpleasant skin eruption. |
|---|---|
| word | erupt |
| full-definition | verb When a volcano erupts, it throws out a lot of hot, melted rock called lava, as well as ash and steam. The volcano erupted, devastating a large area. Scientists say the volcano could erupt again soon. ...the volcanic eruption of Tambora in 1815. If violence or fighting erupts, it suddenly begins or gets worse in an unexpected, violent way. Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day cease-fire. Violence erupted as the boys were driven away in two police vans. ...this sudden eruption of violence. When people in a place suddenly become angry or violent, you can say that they erupt or that the place erupts . In Los Angeles, the neighborhood known as Watts erupted into riots. This region which had been relatively calm erupted in violence again this spring. You say that someone erupts when they suddenly have a change in mood, usually becoming quite noisy . Then, without warning, she erupts into laughter. The crowd erupted in fury and wouldn't let the competition continue. ...an eruption of despair. If your skin erupts, sores or spots suddenly appear there. At the end of the second week, my skin erupted in pimples. ...eruptions of adolescent acne. ...an unpleasant skin eruption. |
| inflections | eruptseruptingeruptederuptioneruptionseruptioneruptioneruption |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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