eruptive

Other forms: eruptively

Definitions of eruptive
  1. adjective
    producing or characterized by eruptions
    “an eruptive disease”
  2. adjective
    produced by the action of fire or intense heat
    synonyms: igneous
  3. adjective
    actively spewing out lava
    “a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring”
    synonyms:
    active
    (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
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