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Erupt

To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

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Verb group 4

Burn 84% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Burn 84% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Ail 76% connected

To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, who…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Appear 76% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Begin 76% connected

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Burst 76% connected

of Burst

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deepen 76% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Explode 76% connected

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intensify 76% connected

To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pain 76% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dehisce 76% connected

To gape; to open by dehiscence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See also 2

Break 66% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Break 66% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Belch 92% connected

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Break 92% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Burst 92% connected

of Burst

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Combust 92% connected

Burnt; consumed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Extravasate 92% connected

To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flare 92% connected

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ignite 92% connected

To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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