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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. producing or characterized by eruptions;
- Example: "an eruptive disease"

2. produced by the action of fire or intense heat;
- Example: "rocks formed by igneous agents"
[syn: igneous, eruptive]

3. actively spewing out lava;
- Example: "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eruptive \E*rup"tive\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]ruptif.]
   1. Breaking out or bursting forth.
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            The sudden glance
            Appears far south eruptive through the cloud.
                                                  --Thomson.
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   2. (Med.) Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or
      producing it; as, an eruptive fever.
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   3. (Geol.) Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as
      the igneous or volcanic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eruptive \E*rup"tive\, n. (Geol.)
   An eruptive rock.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eruptive
    adj 1: producing or characterized by eruptions; "an eruptive
           disease"
    2: produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed
       by igneous agents" [syn: igneous, eruptive] [ant:
       aqueous, sedimentary]
    3: actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently
       eruptive hot spring"