erupt

Verb

• become raw or open
  • He broke out in hives
    
  • My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries
    
  • Such boils tend to recrudesce
    

• appear on the skin
  • A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant
    

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
  • break into tears
    
  • erupt in anger
    

• become active and spew forth lava and rocks
  • Vesuvius erupts once in a while
    

• break out
  • The tooth erupted and had to be extracted
    

• start to burn or burst into flames
  • Marsh gases ignited suddenly
    
  • The oily rags combusted spontaneously
    

• erupt or intensify suddenly
  • Unrest erupted in the country
    
  • Tempers flared at the meeting
    
  • The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
    

• start abruptly
  • After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  recrudesce , break out , break , burst , belch , extravasate , come out , break through , push through , ignite , catch fire , take fire , combust , conflagrate , irrupt , flare up , flare , break open , burst out