Literary notes about erupted (AI summary)
The term "erupted" appears in literature as a versatile descriptor for sudden, forceful outbursts across contexts. It may depict a rapid, chaotic action, as seen when characters burst into motion in a frenetic escape ([1]) or when a structure dynamically discharges energy like a suddenly ignited flame ([2]). The word is also employed in technical and scientific descriptions, conveying the literal expulsion of molten lava from a volcano ([3]) or the emergence of bodily features such as teeth ([4]). Whether used metaphorically to signal explosive conflicts or literally to denote geological events, "erupted" powerfully conveys a sense of abrupt, energetic transformation.
- Aghast at such ill-timed pleasantry, we erupted pellmell into the drive, all frantic by word or deed to distract the terrier from his purpose.
— from Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates - The structure erupted like a box of stove-matches hit with a heavy-caliber soft-nosed slug, like a house of cards and an air-jet.
— from Highways in Hiding by George O. (George Oliver) Smith - —Any rock which has been erupted from a volcano in a molten state is called lava .
— from Geology by James Geikie - A charlatan attempted to extract by means of a common key a canine tooth which had erupted in an abnormal position.
— from A History of Dentistry from the most Ancient Times until the end of the Eighteenth Century by Vincenzo Guerini
