Volcanic Eruption

Definition: Volcanic Eruption

Volcanic Eruption

Noun

1. The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material.

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Public Administration

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Synonym: Volcanic Eruption

Prodigy

Bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt.

Crosswords: Volcanic Eruption

Books

• Krakatau, 1883: The Volcanic Eruption and Its Effects (reference)

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A volcanic eruption originating at Isla Fernandina in the Galapagos Islands is evident in this image. The arrow points to a volcanic plume approximately 75 miles long cutting across other cloud structures. This image, obtained from the NOAA-2 satellite, was the first evidence of this volcanic eruption. This image demonstrated the power of modern satellites to monitor volcanoes. Credit: NOAA in Space.

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Economic History

Vanuatu

The last volcanic eruption was in 1945. The larger islands of the remaining half also are volcanic but are overlaid with limestone formations; the smaller ones are coral and limestone. (references)

Cape Verde

The United States provided emergency humanitarian aid and economic assistance to Cape Verde in the period immediately following Cape Verde's independence, as well as after natural disasters including a hurricane that struck the island of Brava in 1982 a severe volcanic eruption on Fogo in 1995. The United States normally delivers about 15,000 metric tons of grain yearly to Cape Verde. (references)

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Danish

vulkanudbrud. (various references)

Dutch

vulkanische uitbarsting. (various references)

Finnish

tulivuorenpurkaus. (various references)

French

éruption volcanique. (various references)

German

Vulkanausbruch. (various references)

Greek 

ηφαιστειακή έκρηξη. (various references)

Italian

eruzione vulcanica. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

御神火 (deified volcano or volcanic eruption). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"じ�"か (deified volcano or volcanic eruption). (various references)

Pig Latin

olcanicvay eruptionay

Portuguese

erupção vulcânica. (various references)

Spanish

erupción volcánica. (various references)

Swedish

vulkanutbrott, vulkaneruption. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: preconviction, reinoculation.

-4 letters: conceptional, convectional, intervocalic, reconviction, reoccupation.

-5 letters: aponeurotic, circulation, circulative, conciliator, contrivance, cornucopian, counterplan, countervail, crenulation, inculcation, inculpation, incurvation, inoculation, inoculative, inventorial, involucrate, narcoleptic, neocortical, noncritical, nonoperatic, nontropical, overcaution, percolation, pococurante, replication.