erupted
Sayi-RUPT-id/ɪˈɹʌptɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of erupt.
Lava erupted from the crater for several days last summer.
The audience had erupted into applause before the final note faded.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the plain past (the geyser erupted at noon) and the participle that follows have (the crowd had erupted). Every use of erupt is intransitive, so this form takes no object and has no passive. A volcano erupts, and lava erupts from it, but nothing is 'erupted' by something else. The same form also covers sudden releases of tension and sudden swarms of birds or insects.
erupted is a form of erupt
erupt, verb: To throw out lava, ash, or water with violent force, as a volcano or geyser does. Full entry
- Spelling
- erupt → erupted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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