Usually means: Volcanic eruption of large magnitude.
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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to Pliny the Younger or Pliny the Elder.

Similar:
Plutarchan, Plutarchian, Plutarchic, Platonic, Plotinian, Platonical, Catonic, Neoplatonic, plurisecular, plutonistic, more...

Opposite:
ultraplinian, vulcanian, strombolian

Phrases:
Plinian eruption, more...

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Similar:
Plutarchan, Plutarchian, Plutarchic, Platonic, Plotinian, Platonical, Catonic, Neoplatonic, plurisecular, plutonistic, more...

Opposite:
ultraplinian, vulcanian, strombolian

Phrases:
Plinian eruption, more...



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