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Eruptive

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activenounHaving the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
intrusivenounTending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
volcanicnounOf or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
extrusivenoun(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
irruptivenounHaving the quality of irrupting or making irruptions.
eruptingverb(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
plutonic(inorganic chemistry) Containing plutonium in a higher oxidation state.

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irruptivenounHaving the quality of irrupting or making irruptions.
extrusivenoun(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
intrusiveTending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
activeHaving the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
volcanicOf or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
plutonic(inorganic chemistry) Containing plutonium in a higher oxidation state.
explosiveAble to, or likely to, explode.
explosivesnounAny explosive substance.
xanthomasnoun(medicine) A small, yellow nodule, rich in cholesterol and other lipids, that occurs in the skin, often near a joint
xanthomatanoun
erumpentnounThat emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth.
outburstedThat has burst out
outburstingnounA bursting out; a sudden eruption.
eruptionalof or pertaining to an eruption
proruptedHaving burst forth.
posteruptive(geology) After an eruption.
aburstIn a bursting condition.
syneruptive(geology) At the time of an eruption.
burstennounBurst; broken; ruptured.
burstingverbSo full (with something) as almost to erupt.

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