Synonyms for eruptive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-ruhp-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrʌp tɪv

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Définition of eruptive

Origin :
  • 1640s; see erupt + -ive. Perhaps from French éruptif.
  • As in explosive : adj volatile, dangerous
Example sentences :
  • She was delivered of a child on the 1st day of the eruptive stage.
  • Extract from : « North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 » by Various
  • Rheumatic and eruptive fevers are more liable to induce abortion.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • The second class of prominences are best described as eruptive.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • Measles is the most widely prevalent, eruptive, contagious disease.
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague
  • "Hell's red hole," came the visitor's eruptive outburst of amazement.
  • Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
  • The hulls are recommended in gout and eruptive skin diseases.
  • Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 3 [March 1902] » by Various
  • This is a valuable remedy for eruptive diseases of the tongue and mouth.
  • Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
  • Their out-going would be as violent and eruptive as that of lava from a crater.
  • Extract from : « A Pagan of the Hills » by Charles Neville Buck
  • The genus of mountain which we are now considering, is that of the eruptive kind.
  • Extract from : « Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) » by James Hutton
  • He recalled the "old man," thin-lipped, blue-eyed, eruptive.
  • Extract from : « Parrot & Co. » by Harold MacGrath

Antonyms for eruptive

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